Easy-Off Oven Cleaner to Strip Paint

[lmsmith]

Re: Easy-Off Oven Cleaner to Strip Paint

Amazingly this does work. I read about it a few years back on a car forum http://http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=167756. I tried it on a car and it didn't remove all of the paint; only the softer layers. I did buy a car that had been primered over the original paint and I used great value brand oven cleaner to remove it down to the original paint. It even polished up to a nice shine! I used the same oven cleaner to clean up an old single door fridge yesterday that had a rusty patina all over it. It looked like a peach when I got it and the oven cleaner took it down to the original paint, removing all the rust and making it bright white. Aside from the scratches and deep blemishes, it will polish up like new! I highly recommend using oven cleaner, just wear gloves and test it out first. I don't know what it will do with fiberglass but I plan on cleaning up an aluminum valve cover tomorrow!

Good info. The inside of my boat is sort of where my concern is. It's flaky all over, lots of nooks and cranies. Spraying something on is going to be the way to go. Your comment on the "softer layers" leads me to believe that the oven cleaner may work. Thanks for your input.

 

[lmsmith]

Re: Easy-Off Oven Cleaner to Strip Paint

Why would you not use the product for what it is made for? I'm an Okie Redneck and a Cheap Old Curmudgeon but sometimes I just don't get it.

Now that can't be true. As a true Okie redneck I know that bailing wire and duct tape are often used in places it's not ment to be. Why not oven cleaner as a paint stripper if the price is right.

 

[lmsmith]

Re: Easy-Off Oven Cleaner to Strip Paint

Can EASY-OFF? Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner be used on any aluminum?
We do not recommend using this product on aluminum, as it may pit and discolor it. * found at www.easyoff.us/faq.shtml using Google

Just what did your BIL remove paint from?

Great info. Unfortunatley I'm learning that's exactly what a lot of the paint strippers do to aluminum. Most people just don't know better. As far as the brother-in-law he was stripping old tractor motors. He was using oven cleaner and a power washer and said he had good results.

 

[m casey stock]

Re: Easy-Off Oven Cleaner to Strip Paint

What I want to see is how this boat looks now? PLEASE