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Remove Paint from Aluminum Window Frames
September 18, 2008
I need to remove old dark brown paint from aluminum window frames and I've tried the
mineral spirits [linked by editor to product info at Amazon], scraping, sanding and the stuff is really stubborn ... any ideas?
painter - Gurnee, IL U.S.
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September 22, 2008
Hi, Kevin. aircraft stripper [linked by editor to product info at Amazon] should do it, but it's pretty noxious.
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July 29, 2010
Well, I know I'm out of my league on this website -- I'm just an amateur trying to rescue my brown, anodized aluminum window frames from a really bad paint job by the super before I moved into my apartment. So, I'm just throwing myself at the mercy of you and your readers. I took your advice and bought the aircraft paint stripper, reading the back panel carefully.
Good respirator mask: Check.
Chemical-resistant gloves: Check.
Common sense: Uh oh.
Is a plan to use this stuff inside an apartment -- as quickly as possible and then leaving for several hours -- reasonable, or laughable? And what do I even use to put the stuff on (I'm imagining dipping a brush into it and taking out a bare handle after it dissolves the bristles) once it's worked, what do I use to scrape the stuff off and then clean up the windows so they're safe to use again?
Please help -- the only alternative right now is the use of very ugly plaid curtains.
- New York, New York, USA