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Removing paint from titanium sheet

Any input on removing large amounts of paint from titanium sheet metal. Sandblasting seems to be the most efficient way. Any tips on media type, sand grade, and equipment? Probably in all a couple hundred thousand square feet.

Thanks,

Andy Paul
scrap processing facility - Houston, Texas
2004

You can use fruit stone or plastic media blasting . chemically you may use paint remover gel ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil links] or caustic soda ⇦liquid caustic soda in bulk on Amazon [affil link] .

Khair Shishani
aircraft maintenance - Al Ain, UAE
2004

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