Thanks to all the people who suggested that I use this.
This stuff rocks! I put it on the plenum and waited about half an hour and every part of the paint it touched came off.

I also heard that it's not even paint but an epoxy baked on at the factory.

Notice the heavy duty chem golves and the wire brush. The aircraft stripper was so strong that it started making the fingers on the glove soft.

You can't see them but I was also wearing saftey glasses. I can't even imagine if that stuff got in my eyes.

I got the tiniest speck of paint that was stripped off on my forearm and started to feel this burning sensation. I realized inmediatly what it was and rushed to the sink to wash it off. That stuff really is brutal.

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JetroGT, Could you please tell me what you used or even post a pic of the container that it came in. I would like to strip my plenum also. Thanks

Jon

Here you go.

I got it at pep-boys. I think wal-mart sells it too.

[This message has been edited by JetroGT (edited 12-07-2001).]

Looks like that stuff works REAL good!

Ive had good luck with a a product called "suppa strippa" its powerfull stuff, just like jetro i was melting the rubber gloves.

But if your just repainting the plenum i would recomend taking it to be sandblasted, but ask them to "frost" the finish. BTW sandblasting (well bead blasting) wont take the paint off without some serious time involved.

Two or three years ago i heard of a guy using this stuff to strip the paint of the bodypanels of his fiero. Ended in a big mess

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Roy

88 Formula, T-Top
1 of 20 Fieros in Switzerland

defin never ever use strippers to take paint off the bodies of Fieros, Corvettes or Kitcars. It murders plastic. They make special stripper for vettes, but if you have any pinholes, cracks, it goes into them and makes that part unpaintable. Ive seen lots of Corvettes ruined by guys thinking they were saving themselves trouble. If I get anyone that brings one to me thats been stripped, I wont touch it.

Ok now what? Will you put a primer like krylon, then a high temp paint?
Looks good!

I used the aircraft stipper on the front bumper for my firo. It works wonders, you wont believe how good that stuff is. Dont let kin come in contact with it though, very painful.

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That's the stuff I used on my Formula rims (15" diamond spoke). It was $6 or $7 at Walmart. It takes a couple or three applications and a LOT of wire brushing but it will remove ALL the paint/epoxy/powdercoat whatever that thick black stuff is.

It WILL burn like crazy if it gets on your skin. I got quite a bit of splatter on my arms from the brush but rinsing it off with plain water does the trick, no serious damage. DO wear glasses though, I don't think the same would be true for your eyes.

"Low Odor" must mean relative to a previous product, that stuff smells pretty strong.

I used a different Klean-Strip product to strip my Formula wheels. It's a gel. Comes in a blue and orange can. Also really nasty stuff. It didn't try to dissolve my gloves, though. Took about three applications to get all the paint. And it seems like there are always a couple of stubborn flecks of paint that you have to attack with a screwdriver or something.
Maybe I'll try the aircraft stripper. I'm about to do another set.

[EDIT] You *do* want to use this stuff outside. I stripped my wheels outside, and the fumes were *still* very strong. Had to back away for a few minutes when I started getting a buzz.

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Raydar

From the Department of Redundancy Department.

[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 12-07-2001).]

Raydar,

If you have a power washer, you can blast those stubborn pieces off after the stripper softens them. It still took a couple of "final" cleanings, but that was partly because I kept finding small pieces where I hadn't reapplied the stripper.

Wow! That's some heavy duty stuff!

Aircraft Stripper? Sounds like a new exotic dancer. Or what you'd use to get an airplane off your...? What would you have an airplane stuck to anyway?

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quote Originally posted by revin: Ok now what? Will you put a primer like krylon, then a high temp paint? Looks good!

What kind of primer should I put on engine parts? Is there a special kind?

quote Originally posted by JetroGT: What kind of primer should I put on engine parts? Is there a special kind?

It all depends on how near the exhaust manifolds it is going to be. You will want to use a high temp paint on the block and heads, both primer, color, and clear, but for the intake plenum you can probably get away with normal engine enamel.

If you know somebody that can paint cars and has some extra paint and clear of the color you want, ask if they can paint them for you. I have given up on trying to get a good finish out of a spray can for things like the plenum and valve covers. on my 4 banger, we painted the air cleaner assembly right along with the car, so it was the same blue and clear coated too. I have been on many trips where the engine and engine compartment got really hot and the paint held up great. I think the flash point of paint is over 300 degrees, so you should be ok using acrylic enamel out of a gun. The finish comes out much better, shines very well and you can polish it too!

I plan on doing a candy apple red to my intake and valve covers once I get a V6 ready to install...

the intake will be fine with spray can or auto paint. It dont get that hot. You dont need to use primer on it after you got it clean. If you want, you can get a bottle of alloy etching liquid, but not really that nec.

That works great if you want to strip your plenum. Mine was just flasking in spots. I sanded the bare spots and feathered the good paint and just touched it up with Dupli-Color engine spray paint, Chrysler Industrial Red. It matched the original paint so well that you can't tell that it was touched up.

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