Rad stripped of paint . . Thanks to Mike T. for the idear

Daniel_3

So after about an hour and a half of a zero ^ nozzle on a 2500 psi power washer this was the result. I must say that it is time consuming but with patience it would pay-off with a good amount of money saved. I had to do it in the street and there was only fine particles of latex paint leftover. There may have been a layer of oil paint directly applied to the metal years and years ago which may have given me the most trouble. All in all I am satisfied but I wouldn't try it on one of my short 18 section rads. . . .ouch. I kinda like the look of the bare iron with it's blues and oranges. I used a scratch awl for the tiny bits and I'll finish with a wire wheel.

kevin coppinger_12

very neat....

water is much easier to clean up than sand...I have a friend who uses dry ice to sand blast of them for me...it just evaporates after...kpc

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Nice job!

Yes, the initial coat (usually bronzing) is tough to remove. I've always re-primed and bronzed so never tried to get everything down to bare iron.

Daniel_3

Yes. This one didn't have a bronzing as it seems that all eastwood radiators didn't commonly come from the factory as such. I've seen many set-up for hot water systems and I've seen them at least with a silver coat from the factory. This one had a primary coat of some off white oil paint from owners that maybe had them original to the house. A coat of primer and maybe two top coats should do the job nicely. This one will fit snug behind a door in my mudroom.

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Wire wheel or brush should be all you need to do before priming. Just make CERTAIN that you use oil-based primer--two coats if you're going to use latex on top; one coat if you use oil on top.

Tim_41

bead blaster

I did three radiators last fall. I started with a wire brush and it just was not doing the job. I bought a bigger compressor and a beadblaster. Really, it is the best way I found to strip the paint. I have 5 more this summer to do. I will post pics later this summer.

cruizer

All I can say is, Permatex Gasket Remover.

I use it for removing powdercoating, and it works just as awsome on paint as well.

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Permatex in a spray can?

Spray on, let wait and then what?