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Bought any of this stuff lately?

Rustoleum apparently markets the stuff now instead of Kleen-Strip and the price has gone up about $10 a gallon... Auto-Zone price is now $39.98 for a gallon. Gotta find another local source or buy it on-line. I wonder how they ship a product containing methylene chloride?

You raised my hopes and dashed them soundly.

the elephant wrote:Another ruined product.....

Well... I find that it sill does a great job. In fact... I stripped a Miraphone just today out of a brand new gallon can I bought last night.

What I'm bitching about is the price! I go through perhaps a gallon a month and I think It's gone up $10 since my last purchase. I guess I shouldn't bitch too much. I can strip maybe six to ten horns with a gallon. $5-7 of product to strip a horn in fifteen minutes really isn't too bad.

the elephant wrote:

TubaTinker wrote:

the elephant wrote:Another ruined product.....

What I'm bitching about is the price!

That is what I mean. It is only so-so compared to Ferree's cold strip. The new price removed the only thing it had over the Ferree's product. If I run out I can get some at AutoZone, but it will not work as well for nearly the same cost. It is, therefore, ruined, in my book. Plus the spray cans are a hopeless waste of time, effort and money.

Aha! Now I understand what you meant.

the elephant wrote:

Biggs wrote:You raised my hopes and dashed them soundly.

Here you go...

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Now you're cooking with Ferree's cold strip.

DP wrote:I just read through this thread , and I gotta ask,
....how are the fumes treating youse guys?

The methylene chloride (active ingredient in Aircraft Stripper) is pretty tasty! ... sort of like anti-freeze once the burning stops.

That damned E-Z-Off oven cleaner that I use to strip the old 'Eastlake Orange' lacquer takes your breath away, though.

I suspect that neither is any worst than spending a couple of hours in Downtown Manhattan!

TubaTinker wrote:I suspect that neither is any worst than spending a couple of hours in Downtown Manhattan!

Zuh??

TubaTinker wrote:I suspect that neither is any worst than spending a couple of hours in Downtown Manhattan!

True, ya gotta hold yer breath either way!

bloke wrote:

bort wrote:Zuh??

Is that "NYC-speak for 'smells like wee-wee' ?"

You know, it's not real wee-wee...

the elephant wrote:

Biggs wrote:You raised my hopes and dashed them soundly.

Here you go...

Haha, am I the only one whose first thought when seeing this picture was, "Hey! That's a really nice B-25!"?

Back to sort of the original topic, do you use this to "spot strip" lacquer as well? Like for un/resoldering only certain areas? If not, what would you use for that?

Tubajug wrote:Back to sort of the original topic, do you use this to "spot strip" lacquer as well? Like for un/resoldering only certain areas? If not, what would you use for that?

I use it for 'spot' stripping as well as entire horns.

One thing for certain.... use the stripper BEFORE you take anything apart. Heat turns the lacquer into glass-like material and it will have to be buffed off the burned spots.

Also... Aircraft Stripper does not work on the old 'Eastlake Orange' stuff that King used for years. That will take a caustic like Easy-Off Oven Stripper... and then it's 'hit and miss'.

At any rate... strip the finish BEFORE you apply any heat.

TubaTinker wrote:

Tubajug wrote:Back to sort of the original topic, do you use this to "spot strip" lacquer as well? Like for un/resoldering only certain areas? If not, what would you use for that?

I use it for 'spot' stripping as well as entire horns.

One thing for certain.... use the stripper BEFORE to take anything apart. Hear turns the lacquer into glass-like material and it will have to be buffed off the burned spots.

Also... Aircraft Stripper does not work on the old 'Eastlake Orange' stuff that King used for years. That will take a caustic like Easy-Off Oven Stripper... and then it's 'hit and miss'.

At any rate... strip the finish BEFORE you apply any heat.

That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks Dan!

Tubajug wrote: ....That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks Dan!

Go back and re-read my post. There were a couple of typos in there that might have been confusing.

Basically... DO NOT apply heat to the horn before trying to strip the lacquer. Strip it first.... then take it apart.