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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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Has anyone stripped all the paint off the plenum. If so, what chemical did you use and how long did it take. I have about 12 hours into mine and the upper side looks pretty good, but the bottom still needs more work. I have used 2 different chemical strippers (about 4 times each) and had a shop attempt to bead blast it after I had the majority of the paint of and they stated that it would take "a month of Sundays" to bead blast the remaining paint.

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Has anyone stripped all the paint off the plenum. If so, what chemical did you use and how long did it take. I have about 12 hours into mine and the upper side looks pretty good, but the bottom still needs more work. I have used 2 different chemical strippers (about 4 times each) and had a shop attempt to bead blast it after I had the majority of the paint of and they stated that it would take "a month of Sundays" to bead blast the remaining paint.

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Just sandblast it - light spray, even strokes.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 12:04 PM
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Can't find anyone local that actual sandblasts, only beadblast.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 12:37 PM
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Same thing.
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I had mine sand blasted while I waited. $25. and 5 minutes later it was done.
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