Anyone got any tips on gettin paint off of polished aluminum??? The military painted the grille on my 85!!!!
The grille is straight so I want to get the paint off and repolish it.

 

ooooooh....thats gonna be tricky, not trying to gouge or scratch it. I'd try to use a heat gun, very lightly and a plastic spatula.....maybe paint stripper....

 

I can scrape it off with my finger nail. But it weres out pretty fast!!!! Lol!!! Hoping someone would know of a chemical to get it off without damaging the aluminum.

 

You could try Acetone.

 

Try some Kano-Kroil penetrating oil. Use it with a heavy rag that has the texture consistency of a burlap bag.

 

There is a product PEELAWAY that I have used before that can take off 4 or 5 layers of paint in one application. The best part of using this product is that it is not messy and it is very easy to use.



http://www.dumondchemicals.com/

 

aircraft stripper is safe for aluminum- that's what airplanes are made of!!

 

I wondered bout aircraft stripper. A lot of aluminum cleaners and such are acid based. I didn't know if it would eat into the grille or not. I've got some old grilles I could test it on.

 

Try testing it on the back side of the grill. I think those aluminum grills are clear anodized also.

 

the grill in my 78 was a army grill. oven cleaner works well. heat up the grill a bit with a torch (LITTLE bit) and it strips better. test a area first though to be safe. afterwards it was poilished. i did my side trim that way too.
since then i bought a soda blaster. thats how i would do it now

 

They can soda blast it without etching into the aluminum???

 

if you go to my site you will see some pics of a few of the projects i have done. Soda will not hurt the aluminum., it will not etch glass or cut into the substrate of any metal. only thing it may hurt is plastic (like taillights) but that depends on what plastic and who is doing the blasting.

on a job like the grill it would probably take me 10 minutes to strip it

my site www.supercleansodablasting.com

 

media blasting is the way to go!

 

Ratherbe racin where are you located ????

 

BC Canada, little far away from you.