Paint removal

[Trademark]

I've attempted to remove paint from a bike frame that seems extremely stubborn to remove. My choice of product is Nitromoors with wire-wool + wire brush, which has always been good to me in the past!
Does anyone know of any other product or steps I can take to removed really stubborn paint from a steel frame?

 

[Gaddmeister]

Re:

Take it to your local sandblasters. I am sure your local powder coaters will blast it for a small fee. I did some fork legs with nitromoors and was a nightmare! A whole frame, nah.

 

[integerspin]

i strip frames and other parts with StarChem Synstryp, works OK, the same as Nitromors used to.

 

[MADJEZ]

DON'T BOTHER with the No-Nonsense cheap stuff from Screwfix, tried it on a bike recently it's s**t ! Even more useless than Nitromors.

 

[MarkS]

DON'T BOTHER with the No-Nonsense cheap stuff from Screwfix, tried it on a bike recently it's s**t ! Even more useless than Nitromors.

I found the opposite. Nitromors was useless, whereas the stuff from Screwfix worked superbly for me

 

[Trademark]

It's always interesting to hear what people's opinions are of products. Thanks all. I will certainly see who sandblasts locally - this is certainly an option?

 

[MarkS]

It's always interesting to hear what people's opinions are of products. Thanks all. I will certainly see who sandblasts locally - this is certainly an option?

I asked that question on another forum about my frame, and I was told to proceed with caution, in case it was too harsh, and the frame could be damaged.

Someone on here with more knowledge might explain it better than me

 

[Trademark]

That's good to know. It's a lightweight steel Orange P7 frame with a tough to remove red coat. It has an equally tough grey primer on there too. Nitromors really didn't do much at all - I tried a blow torch to remove the surface layer which also failed - my last resort was to try a different paint remover from B&Q which failed miserably!

 

[MarkS]

I was recently told by a tradesman in the decorating business, that under new environmental guidelines, the use of harsh chemicals has been outlawed, which is why paint stripper, even though safer, is no where as near as effective as it used to be.

And that is also the reason why gloss paint isn't as good, and it hasn't got the depth of shine it used to have, and it yellows quicker than it used to.

Sorry for going off topic everyone!

 

[Trademark]

Thanks for the update - it all helps & makes perfect sense!