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Old 01-17-24 | 11:00 AM
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guy153
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Originally Posted by unterhausen
I'm assuming a bird's nest wheel is called a "cup wheel" here in the states. I never had much luck with a grinder, always had to burn off the paint. Which isn't a good idea. I have a stack of tubes i want to get the paint off of. I was thinking about setting up a camping stove in the middle of the back yard and burning it off that way.
I mean these things:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Removal-Gri.../dp/B08MVLHR87

They're very good at taking off the paint and only the paint. If you're actually stripping a complete frame for repainting (i.e. not cutting it up) then the work is all the tight bits you can't quite get to with the wheel.
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