Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Removing powdercoat

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krio
03-15-09, 12:59 AM
Okay heres the situation i have a set of deep v's that are powdercoated but i want to remove the powdercoating. How do i go about doing this? Any help is appreciate.


djeddiebear
03-15-09, 01:05 AM
I know you can prep them like anything else. Sand it, all that stuff, and then paint. I dunno about removing it completely. Good luck. I'm very curious as well.

operator
03-15-09, 10:25 AM
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=removing+powdercoating&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8


na975
03-15-09, 04:33 PM
Okay heres the situation i have a set of deep v's that are powdercoated but i want to remove the powdercoating. How do i go about doing this? Any help is appreciate. put the wheels up f/s on CL and then you buy new color wheels.

jet sanchEz
03-15-09, 04:57 PM
I used gasket remover to get powdercoat off of a frame. Worked great and a can of it was about $6 or so.

krio
03-16-09, 10:22 AM
put the wheels up f/s on CL and then you buy new color wheels.

I would, but i was on a ride and some guy and his mountain bike decided to run into my back rim and now i have what look like tiger stripes on the back rim. So i doubt anyone would buy em