hell yeah, f*** the man!

If I were you, I'd totally do it. **** the nannies.

I haven't done anything yet. Too busy with other things. Funny arguments, people who have had experience with it vs. people who read something and go with it. Along with CCC's post, there's been 2 other people who claimed to get good results from aircraft stripper, quote, "its not like you're leaving the stripper on overnight."

Anyone have any evidence/proof of what DOES happen negatively? Because I couldn't find any pics/stories.

BTW, its a cheap Specialized CF fork, I'm not really TOO worried about it. I do have another fork on hand.

CF is held together by the exact thing that the stripper is able to remove. It's your teeth/life on the line here.
If the fork is going to be trashed one way or another, maybe you send it to me because you won't ruin it with stripper?

I think carefully sanding the paint with 400 grit paper would be alot safer...

Wow.

On the plus side, there is the potential to remove obviously defective genes from the gene pool....

http://www.google.com/search?q=strip...ient=firefox-a

not one mention of chemical stripping in the 60sec or so of research i did for you.

http://www.calfeedesign.com/pages/price_refinish.php

call these guys and ask them what they think about chemical stripping. i hear they know a thing or two about carbon. actually, $65 for a complete professional fork refinish (scuff/spray) sounds like a bargain.

It is basically the equivalent of using a plasma cutter to remove the paint from a steel frame.

Nobody uses aircraft stripper on cf it because it is dangerous.

CF is a resin/epoxy/fiber mixture. Aircraft stripper will eat it up, just like paint. Is it that hard to understand?

Spraying down a fork and having it evenly remove the paint is next to impossible, if you have ever used stripper on a steel/aluminum frame, you will know this....

wait. i didnt catch that.

Apparently the OP didn't either. Hence the repetition.

Let EVERYONE use stripper on their carbon forks says I. The gene pool could use a good cleaning, and Fixie Kids seems like a good place to start.

Using the aerosol Aircraft paint stripper you will find at the local autoparts store on carbon fiber is a bad idea. Go to http://www.kleanstrip.com/ and look at the removers section. The aircraft paint remover clearly states that it is effective against epoxies. This is not what you want. If you're dead set on using a chemical stripper, try the Aircraft Fiberglass paint remover.

Realistically, what is the goal of removing the paint? Unless the fork is only partly painted with solid color and there is visible cosmetic carbon weave that you can see, there is no point in stripping the fork. If the fork is fully painted there is not going to be a layer of woven carbon underneath. Raw carbon is going to look like a matte black. You might as well save yourself the mess and cost by sanding it with some 400 grit and giving it a matte black paint job.

If you do go the chemical route, I recommend doing it outside. Get gloves that come part way up your arms and wear long sleeves/pants. The stardard aircraft paint stripper really sucks to get on your skin.

Fine. As long as they don't go down in front of me.

not sure how these will work on cf, but wouldn't be willing to take the chance.