Military-Vehicles: RE: [MV] Fwd: Chemical Paint Stripping

RE: [MV] Fwd: Chemical Paint Stripping

Alan Bowes (alan_bowes@phast.com)
Tue, 29 Jul 1997 11:46:48 -0600

I worked for an electrical contractor many years ago who heated big =
10-gallon pails of caustic soda solution on top of an old stove. We =
would have to stand on a stool and submerge electric motor parts in the =
boiling brew. The parts were suspended in the liquid by pieces of wire =
tied to lengths of angle iron that crossed over the tops of the pails. =
That was pretty spooky, but the parts came out very clean, ready for =
rinsing, drying, and painting.

Alan
(Salt Lake City, Utah)

-----Original Message-----
From: MWhee90237@aol.com [SMTP:MWhee90237@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 1997 9:43 AM
To: mil-veh@skylee.com
Subject: Re: [MV] Fwd: Chemical Paint Stripping

The Drano meathod was used at an automotive repair shop I was employed =
at a
few years ago. Instaed of Drano we used caustic soda beads available at
chemical supply houses. This is basicaly industrial grade lye (I believe
Drano is also just Lye) We used a short, fat, electric water heater that =
the
jacket had been removed from and the top of the tank torch-cut off to =
form a
lid. When plugged in this heated the solution and gave a tank large =
enough to
soak a small 4cyl engine block. Some problems with this is the risk of
electrical shock (the contraption sure scared me!!) but it did clean =
parts.
Perhaps one of you great fabricators could come up with something =
better.

Mike Wheeler
Southern Oregon

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