what's the best way to get spray paint off chrome?

[pjc5150]

Fine sandpaper? Steel Wool? Thinner?

CHAINSAW??????

 

[Slick Rick]

Go down to your local grocery store and purchase a Chore Boy. This is a copper pot scouring pad. Pretty cheap and works well, I also use them to remove surface rust w/no ill effects at all. :wink: Later & PEACE!!!!! 8)

 

[user 135]

I would use some 000 or 0000 steel wool. On old Schwinn chrome, you could use some courser but not some of this newer chrome.

 

[dougfisk]

I use lacquer thinner

 

[yoothgeye]

I've used chore boy copper scrubbers and 0000 steel wool, both with WD-40 to lubricate as you scrub, both work, but both leave fine scratches. Oh chrome though a good paint stripper should do the job and won't mess up the chrome. Last night we used an angle grinder with a twisted steel brush on it to remove silver spray paint off of a chrome chainring, it removed it with no noticable scratching and no removed chrome, and this was a newish cheap-o chainring. Chrome is forgiving, scrub away.

 

[pjc5150]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the responses. I have paint thinner here. Think I'll throw that on first, and if needed buy that choreboy thingy and hit it with that.

I have a plan...

 

[beatcad]

thinner mixed with a little patience and elbow grease.
after that some turtle wax chrome polish.
trust me. do that first. the dum dum that painted over the chrome may not have skuffed it first. the chrome plating underneath mite be in greate shape.

 

[Tailwinds]

Lacquer thinner and 30 seconds.

Seriously, why aren't more people devoted to this stuff??

Am I overusing it? I mean I know it's bound to kill me in less than a decade, but dang, it makes no work at all out of normally difficult jobs.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Normally if it's not prepped well paint doesn't stick to chrome very well a good scotch brite pad, gasoline or thinner, and a little elbow grease should take it right off.

 

[yoothgeye]

Normally if it's not prepped well paint doesn't stick to chrome very well a good scotch brite pad, gasoline or thinner, and a little elbow grease should take it right off.

Careful with the gasoline, I stopped using it to clean parts about 10 years ago when I learned of how it tends to camp out in your body in places you might need later. :shock:

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

I would like to see how the chain saw would work out.

But, I would use some 0000 Steel wool, maybe some paint thinner.

Sometimes I use paint stripper, and it makes it a little patchy. Elbow grease the rest.

 

[Fahrrad]

Tailwinds, Agreed, I love laquire thinner. If it wond come off with it , you ned an abrasive.

 

[pjc5150]

It worked!

I used some thinner on the frame & S.O.S. pads on the chrome & seat and it came out great.


Before:

After:

 

[yoothgeye]

Wow, good job saving the old paint too.

There's just something about a silver spray bombed bike that I don't like, seems like I have more and more of them donated to me. :x

 

[pjc5150]

yeah, I have to admit it came out lot better than expected.

Thanks again for the help guys.

 

[xddorox]

Regular kitchen aluminum foil with water or WD40. Removes rust on chrome so I'm guessing it could easily take care of overspray. Thousands of readers can't be wrong.