Nitromors is naff

[Tiggy_dorset]

I have been trying to strip some paint from a couple alloy wheels. Remembering how great Nitromors was a few years ago, I went out and bought some.

Nitromors claims a 'new recipe'.
What this really means is that they have removed an all important ingredient 'Methylene Chloride' (I guess to conform to EU pressures)

Well, it did at least soften the laquer to allow me to wire brush it off It just cowered in the corner when faced with a wall of paint underneath. Not worth almost £15 for a poxy little tin of the stuff.

I didnt fancy the idea of a concentrated 'methylene chloride' bath at my home, but I did find this stuff which contains 'methylene chloride'
http://www.artemisproducts.co.uk/boden-paint-and-glue-stripper-5-litres.html

Slapped some on, left it for 10 minutes and presto! washed off with a hose to reveal a beautiful aluminum shine staring back at me. Great value for money I think.

I just thought I would share this with you guys and hopefully save you wasting some cash

 

[MattF]

Not a bad price, that stuff. I've been using brake/clutch fluid for stripping, due to coming to the same conclusion about Nitromors. What type of paint was it on the wheels?

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

What type of paint was it on the wheels?

I don't know, but the wheel manufacturer wasnt shy with the thickness of the coating.

 

[MattF]

I don't know, but the wheel manufacturer wasnt shy with the thickness of the coating.

Should likely work well on old machinery paint and the like then, you'd say?

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

Should likely work well on old machinery paint and the like then, you'd say?

Gotta be worth a punt for £20 (inc delivery)

 

[rtbcomp]

Works out cheaper than Meth Chloride too if you factor in carriage. Do their prices include VAT? - I can't find any mention of VAT or their location on their website.

 

[steveo3002]

cheaper to have em blasted..gets the corrosion off too

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

Works out cheaper than Meth Chloride too if you factor in carriage. Do their prices include VAT? - I can't find any mention of VAT or their location on their website.

1 x £13.85 = £13.85

Subtotal: £13.85
Shipping cost: £5.48
Taxes:
VAT (20%): £3.87
Total cost:£23.20

 

[MattF]

cheaper to have em blasted..gets the corrosion off too

Blasting is a destructive method though. Fine for some pieces, but no good for vintage or antique machinery, or pieces with precision surfaces which can't be shielded.

 

[MattF]

Gotta be worth a punt for £20 (inc delivery)

True. I'll be giving that a shot when chance allows. Cheers for the heads up on the stuff, btw. As you know, it isn't easy finding a decent, safe'ish to use stripper these days.

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

cheaper to have em blasted..gets the corrosion off too

I was using my sand blaster for these wheels. My system struggles go get through the paint at 90psi and doesnt hold the high pressure for very long. I have a few upgrades I need to do to my system, I have learnt from doing these wheels. At present its far quicker for me to strip the paint and then blast.

Perhaps it may be better to pay someone with a proper blasting outfit, but at the moment im experimenting with my own system

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

Im stripping the wheels over the weekend, I'll try and put up some progress pics.

 

[rtbcomp]

Blasting doesn't work on modern alloys - the paint is tougher than the ally and you get gouging.

I use meth chloride to soften the paint before I blast, saves time, media and electricity.

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

Blasting doesn't work on modern alloys - the paint is tougher than the ally and you get gouging.

I use meth chloride to soften the paint before I blast, saves time, media and electricity.

On the basis that you have to treat the paint prior to blasting, if its not a cheeky question, how much to you charge customers to blast, per wheel?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I don't know, but the wheel manufacturer wasnt shy with the thickness of the coating.

Sure it wasn't powder-coating?

 

[pedrobedro]

Or anodising ? Some Ford alloys used to be anodised and it was a really tough coating.

 

[Chickenjohn]

I have been trying to strip some paint from a couple alloy wheels. Remembering how great Nitromors was a few years ago, I went out and bought some.

Nitromors claims a 'new recipe'.
What this really means is that they have removed an all important ingredient 'Methylene Chloride' (I guess to conform to EU pressures)

Well, it did at least soften the laquer to allow me to wire brush it off It just cowered in the corner when faced with a wall of paint underneath. Not worth almost £15 for a poxy little tin of the stuff.

I didnt fancy the idea of a concentrated 'methylene chloride' bath at my home, but I did find this stuff which contains 'methylene chloride'
http://www.artemisproducts.co.uk/boden-paint-and-glue-stripper-5-litres.html

Slapped some on, left it for 10 minutes and presto! washed off with a hose to reveal a beautiful aluminum shine staring back at me. Great value for money I think.

I just thought I would share this with you guys and hopefully save you wasting some cash

You can buy methylene chloride by the 500ml bottle from Ebay.

Painters and decorators are doing this and adding it back into the Nitromors to make it effective again, just need a small % , to defeat the silly EU rules (who voted for this then???)

Just buy dichloromethane and put it back into the Nitromors!

Plenty on Ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat ... ane&_frs=1

due to demand by painters and decorators.

 

[rtbcomp]

Better link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3902.m570.l1313&_nkw=dichloromethane&_sacat=0

 

[garethp]

I never thought of getting it from Ebay! Mind you, the auction i've opened mentions (amongst other things) using it for decaffinating tea or coffee

How would you like your coffee? Milk? Sugar? a splash of dichloromethane?

 

[MG David]

Their brick cleaner would take paint of as well, and rust. Altought rust isn't a problem on an alloy wheel.