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Default Best way to strip flaking paint on a trailer body and sheetmetal

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:28:16 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
Gunner quickly quoth:

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:09:35 -0700, Larry Jaques
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Down to 90F? It was 100F here today. How melted was Taft?


I dont know..Ive not been home for 3 weeks..worked straight through on
finishing up the Project...Ill be home Friday..with luck.


Ooh, a good paycheck this month, eh?


I tried my heated pressure washer
(Hotsie) and it didnt do much good.


Those don't have all that much high pressure, do they? I picked up a
Karcher 3kpsi PW last month and have used it 3 times already for
clients. It was a good investment.


They put out a pretty good pressure stream. Ehough to have stripped
all the paint off my old Rangers fraime ..


The last Hotsie I used put out more steam than it did pressure. I'd
give it maybe 500psi.


Any brand of stripper better than others, available from the big box
stores or paint supply places?


Jasco at the Borgs. Anything with Methylene Chloride (or was it MEK?
I forgot.) is the good stuff. It'll take off epoxies and
polyurethanes, too. It's $30/gallon, though.


Cringe.....


But that $30 saves you at least a full day's work.


Try brake fluid first, though. It's cheaper (if not free) from the
brake shop. Another way to stretch your stripper is to put a couple
layers of newsprint on top. It helps keep it from evaporating too
quickly.


Not a bad idea!


Which, the brake fluid or the newsprint?

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