Using Easy Off on my SS shell
| model | Misc. [ click here for more Misc.s ] |
| status | How To Guide |
| date entered | 27/08/2006 16:02:18 |
| description | Here's the beginning of redoing my SS shell. The colors are red and yellow atm but I'll show you what some eazy off and a tooth brush will do to a hard shell. Just make sure you use gloves or you'll be itching for a few days. Trust me.
Update: 3 hours later I brought it inside the house with a glove on and took it to the sink. I scrubbed off all the cleaner with a tooth brush. The 3rd and 4th photos are what it looks like now.
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Nice guide, I have been doing the same, but remove the residue using a steam cleaner after half an hour, then redo the whole process once dry, The steam cleaner helps in those hard to reach places and gets rid of the paint very well. Don't get too close. Also, don't get on chrome parts, as it will take the chrome off too (as Rad22rad discovered when I traded him a restored Ford Ranger! Sorry Rad!)
another trick you can try when stripping a body using easy off ,is to cover it in plastic wrap. the plastic wrap seals in the the easy off and keeps it from evaporating off the boby. this will make the job go a little faster.
Great tip for everyone Josh, well said! This is with Easy Off with the Yellow Label, spray can I assume. The active ingredient is Caustic Soda (NaOH Sodium Hydroxide) at approximately 15 to 20 per cent concentration as far as I can figure it. I had a bottle of Easy Off yellow label. Worked wonderfully on original genuine Sand Scorcher shell (WHITE STYRENE) '1/10 VW BUGGY' as marked inside. Makes it go a little yellow and softens the shell very slightly BUT after washing off rehardens automatically after 1 hour to 'GLASS HARD' same as original again. Strips almost any paint very well indeed you are dead right there. Used it many, many times over a the years. However for Gold metallic (lacquer?) that some git had put on my perfect SS shell, NaOH / Easy Off wouldn't initially remove the paint (had a glass hard top lacquer layer) that I had to get off with the assistance of Tamiya brand 'Lacquer Thinner' which is COMPLETELY HARMLESS to this shell, and strips paint and permanent ink markers VERY effectively. Trust me! When I ran out of Easy Off I bought Caustic Soda from the local General or Grocery store or Gharmacist in the form of 98 per cent pure Xtals which I dissolve in tap water (NEVER add water to NaOH, always other way round as the reaction is strongly exothermic / spits). I use 33g of NaOH and fill up the 222 ml Easy Off bottle with tap water. Works out at 15 per cent concentration and strips paint almost exactly the same as Easy Off. Cheap too, at 1.50 GBP per 300g approx. plastic bottle of NaOH Xtals. Easy Off and NaOH are of course caustic and HIGHLY CORROSIVE to skin. Wear Gloves and Eye protection at all times. Adults use only. USUAL DISLAIMER. Cheers, Alistair G.
I'm in agreement here, easy off works great. Just make sure you do it in a well vented area too or you'll be doing more than just itching
This worked like a champ. I used it for a grashopper II i got off of ebay. Took the paint off and didnt damage the body. Used simple water to clean it off and repainted without any trouble.
The best thing about using this stuff is that it is easy to rinse off and won't harm the enviroment like a spill of brake fluid will do. I normally don't have a gallon of brake fluid laying around. Waste of fluid if you ask me. Can't put it in your brake system in any vehicle anymore. Plus you'd have to dispose of it at a haz waste recycle area.
hi yes i prefer brake fluid works on lexan and polycarb
Hi there ,Nice project ,but have you tried brake fluid? - if you get a gallon, fill up a tub ,drop the shell in , leave for a day or two ,give it a brush etc , repeat the process and bobs your uncle , paint all gone .I use fluid all the time on hard shells , it works great ,and it is reuseable.For small jobs i use an acrlic based remover gel , slap it on ,give it time to work , brush over ,wash it off .cheers ,Kev