From: ygmir (ygmir@onemain.com)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2003 - 16:21:30 PST
I like sandblasting, especially for rims.
Henry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Wilkens" <nathan.wilkens@asu.edu>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:11 PM
Subject: [MV] Using oven cleaner to remove paint?
> Esteemed Colleagues:
>
> Since it is well past time that I service the bearings on my M1009 CUCV, I
> thought I might remove the dozen or so coats of paint on the wheel rims
and
> hubs while I had everything apart. I have heard that Easy-Off oven
cleaner
> and a wire brush does wonders to remove layers of old paint, but I was
> wondering if I can use oven cleaner on the plastic lockout hub selector
> (will it eat the plastic cover and damage the rubber O ring seal?) and if
I
> can use oven cleaner to remove paint on the rims without removing the
tires
> (how bad is oven cleaner on a tire?). I don't have easy access to a sand
> blaster, and with things apart, I would be afraid that it would be hard to
> remove all the bits of sand, especially since I'm dealing with wheel
> bearings....
> I remember once that someone used oven cleaner to remove paint layers on
the
> bumber to get down to the original vehicle markings, and this sounded like
a
> pretty good idea.
>
> Related to this, does anyone have any opinions on repainting the hub (and
> wheel lug nuts) black on a Desert Storm era CUCV vehicle? I have seen
> several pictures of top-placed MVPA judged CUCV's that had tan painted
rims
> with black lug nuts and black hubs - it certainly looks sharp, but is it
> authentic?
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan Wilkens
> 86 M1009
>
>
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