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Gloss Paint on Copper Pipe
Does anyone know the best way to remove gloss paint from Copper
Piping? I need to fit a compression joint on 15mm pipe but need to remove the paint first without damaging the pipe Thanks, Chris |
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wrote in message ... Does anyone know the best way to remove gloss paint from Copper Piping? I need to fit a compression joint on 15mm pipe but need to remove the paint first without damaging the pipe Thanks, Chris Well, I used ordinary sandpaper the same as if you were sanding the gloss paint on wood. Started with a fairly coarse paper then used wire wool for the finishing touch and it cleaned up good enough to take a soldered joint without any problems. Mogweed. |
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wrote: Does anyone know the best way to remove gloss paint from Copper Piping? A chemical stripper followed by a good rinse in water then wire wool? I need to fit a compression joint on 15mm pipe but need to remove the paint first without damaging the pipe I just scrape the worst off with a Stanley knife then wire wool. -- *Born free...Taxed to death. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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I need to fit a compression joint on 15mm pipe but need to remove the
paint first without damaging the pipe I used sandpaper (the maroon type, whatever it is called). It was easily effective enough for a soldered joint, let alone a compression. Cut a strip of paper and wrap around the pipe and pull at alternate ends. Christian. |
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"Andrew McKay" wrote in message ... On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:37:07 +0000, wrote: Does anyone know the best way to remove gloss paint from Copper Piping? You could burn it off with a blowtorch, don't let the flame play on the copper too much (wave it side-to-side) otherwise the copper pipe could distort (unlikely though). Andrew Blowtorch and wire wool seems to work fine. Adam |
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Chris Hodges wrote in
news This is the only thing I use chemical stripper for - works a treat. Agreed. Quick, effective and usable even when you couldn't easily get any form of abrasive to work (e.g. behind immovable objects). -- Rod www.annalaurie.co.uk |
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Rod Hewitt wrote: This is the only thing I use chemical stripper for - works a treat. Agreed. Quick, effective and usable even when you couldn't easily get any form of abrasive to work (e.g. behind immovable objects). If you can't get a strip of sandpaper or some wire wool behind the pipe, I doubt you'll get the compression fitting on. :-) -- *We waste time, so you don't have to * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Rod Hewitt wrote: This is the only thing I use chemical stripper for - works a treat. Agreed. Quick, effective and usable even when you couldn't easily get any form of abrasive to work (e.g. behind immovable objects). If you can't get a strip of sandpaper or some wire wool behind the pipe, I doubt you'll get the compression fitting on. :-) True, but being confident you've got all the paint off without scoring the surface too much is harder. -- Spamtrap in use To email replace 127.0.0.1 with blueyonder dot co dot uk |
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In article ,
Chris Hodges wrote: If you can't get a strip of sandpaper or some wire wool behind the pipe, I doubt you'll get the compression fitting on. :-) True, but being confident you've got all the paint off without scoring the surface too much is harder. Yup - although the common occasion for getting paint off would be a radiator feed pipe, and there's usually enough space there. In another situation - if you'd suspected you'd scratched the pipe badly, I'd use a solder fitting. Of course using a mirror etc to make sure no paint remained. -- *Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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