Powdercoat Removal

[rcbif]

Thanks all for the feedback.

Encouraging to hear some chemicals will work for removal that sound safe for the average Joe to handle. Will have to run some tests. I wonder if scuffing up the top of the powdercoat (not the the metal) with 80 grit would help accelerate the process?

It's been like this for 20 years, so hopefully a few more months shouldn't hurt. I have a few items I would like to weld on before re-paint during this time anyways, and I'll primer (or maybe just regular spray paint is fine) any bare spots I exposed in the meantime.


I'm doing the longer 7 turtledeck (gives the 5 a larger cargo opening), so I need new rear tabs welded on for that.

I'm also going to add an antenna plate in the area indicated in red to give me ideal spacing between transponder behind the pilot, comm behind the turtledeck, and ADSB a few feet infront of the vertical stab.
antenna .jpg
(note the existing plate in this image behind my red plate is the model 6's comm location, which I would do as it is shorter, but does not give very good antenna spacing.)

[Xengineguy]

I did a complete superstol frame and gear. Just brush it on and leave it sit for a few days. It will look like
it stopped working in a day or less. But let it sit longer. It will turn the powder coat to a liquid that looks like
fresh paint. Hot water pressure washer is the best way to remove the residue. Totally different than any stripper I tried.

[PapuaPilot]

I wonder if scuffing up the top of the powdercoat (not the the metal) with 80 grit would help accelerate the process?

Yes, I believe I found that this would help.

[Rik]

If you want to have the entire frame back to bare metal then take the frame to your local powder coater and have them put the frame into their burn off oven.

They will set it to like 700 degrees for 8 hrs and the paint will literally burn off. They then sand blast it and it's clean.