I've had a number of frames, with chrome fork crown and ends, sandblast ed professionally, and since I request them to mask the chrome, I've ne ver had any problem with damage to the chrome, although they do, of cou rse, make a charge for this.
I've also found recently that a wrench dropped on a top tube removes paint very effectively, but I don't recommend this...
Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England
> From: chriseye@comcast.net
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: RE: [CR](CR) What is your favorite product to strip paint?
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:19:01 -0800
>
> The best stripper is made by Green Products in Richmond Calif. They make
> a paste type called "59H" and a liquid type "Liquid 96". For frames,
> 59H is what you need. You can soak small parts in the Liquid 96. Acetone
> works well to clean the remnants of the stripper off. Tape over holes in
> the frame so that no stripper gets inside the tubes. Wear a respirator
> and use rubber gloves which are designed for stripping!
> Chris ioakimedes
> Fairfax, Ca.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Keith
> Anderson Cycles
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:50 AM
> To: drewspruill@yahoo.com
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: RE: [CR](CR) What is your favorite product to strip paint?
>
> Andrew,
> My first choice would be Captain Lee's spray strip. Second choice would
> be Kwik Kleen Aircraft stripper.
> My third choice would be Morton, and last but not necessarily the least
> would be Jasco. All of them are up to the task, just remember to protec
t
> yourself. It's nasty stuff.
>
> Don't blast! the chrome will peel, and then you'll be sorry.
> Keith
>
>
> Keith Anderson
> Keith Anderson Cycles
> 222 N. Marble Dr.
> Grants Pass, OR 97526
> 541-471-4114
> http://www.keithandersoncycles.com
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [CR](CR) What is your favorite product to strip paint?
> From: Drew Spruill <drewspruill@yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, November 13, 2008 11:37 am
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> I just received a 1974 Raleigh Track frame. It has a horrible red paint
> job, and some of the chrome has been painted over. I want to first
> remove the paint from the chrome, and then the paint as a whole.
>
> What is the best solution/ chemical to remove paint?
>
> If I got the frame sand blasted, would that destroy the chrome? Or can
I
> protect it?
>
> I've never stripped a frame, so I'm trying to get opinions.
>
> Thanx.
>
> Andrew Spruill
> Richmond, VA
> United States of Obama