Good paint stripper?

[Hugh Barnes]

After the emasculation of Nitromors, what do people use nowadays? I have been using Biostrip to some good effect, but wondered whether anyone had any suggestions for a killer product?

Hugh

[Nick Turley]

Depends what you are stripping Hugh.
If it is alloy I would strongly advise against chemicals and use soda blasting.
If it is steel ,chemical stripping is OK I take the item for dipping locally having found modern strippers one can buy to be ineffective.

[Hugh Barnes]

I'm refurbishing a couple of ST38s, which are pressed steel... I don't have access to anyone who does stripping locally (well, not since I was a young man..)

[JonE]

wouldn't something as small as that just respond to wire wool, a Dremel "chimney brush"-type wheel and/or the electrolytic de-rust method?

[Lance Sheldrick]

Hi Hugh,

"Perfecta" paint stripper from Mylands is pretty much as good as Nitromors used to be. You need to fill in a form to prove that you will not drink it or do anything else daft with it. It works well.

[Hugh Barnes]

thanks Lance. I dont think wire wool will touch the original paint and, sadly, I dont have a dremel, so a paint on solution is really what I seek..

[Stuart Giles]

I've been using this stuff since Nitromors stopped being a paint stripper and became a paint pacifier https://www.carcolourservices.co.uk/prod...-stripper/ it's very effective, but wear decent PPE, it burns your skin just like the old fashioned stuff.

[Hedd_Jones]

the varnish stripper in the mauve can they sell ar Wilkos is pretty much as per the old nitromorse

[Parazine]

Have a look at the hazard label, if the stripper is to be effective, it will contain Methylene Chloride (Dichloromethane for the under 60's). According to a law passed in 2010, this substance is restricted to products "for professional use only" and it's removal from Nitromors and other consumer products left them without teeth.

There are a number of eBay sellers who make these professional products available to you and me. 

Make sure that you use any stripper with Methylene Chloride in a well ventilated place. It can be lethal......

[Hugh Barnes]

That's the sort of accolade I want to see on any product of quality

'Can be lethal'

:o)