Letter 33045

Safe removal of clear coat from brass [Mississippi] 

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I am an contractor working on brass stanchions which are used to section off areas of high traffic. the total number of stanchions is 200. The Stanchions have an clear coat on them I need to remove the clear coat without damaging the brass so that the brass can be polished and clear coat reapplied I do not know what method to go with please help.

Thanks

Derrick Fudge
specialty coating - Biloxi, Mississippi, United States

You can use any solvent based paint stripper!

Good luck!

Goran Budija
- Zagreb , Croatia

You need to know what the clearcoat is. There are several possibilities, and each requires a different solvent. The solvents of choice are all flammable and some are mildly toxic. This is not a job to give an untrained worker a bucket of solvent and a rag.

James Watts
- FL

Have you considered using dry ice blast cleaning. Clear coat can be removed without damaging the surface of the brass and you will have no clean up.

James Becker
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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