Best wat to remove lacquer?

[HullBorn]

Just bought this Orange Aluminum Elite just wondering if it's worth removing the lacquer and polishing or just stripping and giving it a good clean?

If it's worth removing the lacquer what's the best method, sanding or stripper.

Cheers

 

[Remko]

Re:

The lacquer seems in quite bad shape. Sanding is a lot of work. I'm using paintstripper for this. Reckon a bit more than one can for the whole frame. They're about 15 pound each at the local car shop.

 

[HullBorn]

Will any paint stripper do?

 

[Andy Mann]

hi, ive stripped a few frames recently and found the best paint stripper can be got from ebay, try searching industrial paint stripper its about £10 a big can usually strips all in about 20 minutes then i rubbed the whole thing over with brillo/soap pads then autosol polished.

 

[HullBorn]

Cheers, have you re-lacquered when polished?

 

[Andy Mann]

Re:

well.. i did re-lacquer my raleigh rsp with can spray lacquer but even though it came out lovely it scraped off to easily so i removed it all and re-polished,now all i do is wipe it over with gt85 every now and then. i did consider clear powder coat as this is hard wearing. or a body shop would also do it for a price.

 

[tufty]

Media or vapour blasting might do the trick.

 

[HullBorn]

Thanks for the info, I'll strip the lacquer, polish and see how it lasts.

 

[Gruff]

Re:

I used Wurth gasket remover, it even removes powder coat.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WURTH-GASKET ... SwGGlao-uF

 

[The History Man]

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