New life for old Sawblades!

[theWeezL]

I saw a writeup on another forum about stripping the paint from a set of sawblades so I decided to do it with my spare stockers.

I was amazed at what it did for them! I hit it with the stripper, brushed the gunk off with a nylon bristle brush and water, and this is what I got...

Stock painted left ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Raw stripped right




it seems the paint is covering up a very nice machined aluminum finish...if you are running stocker sawblades, I highly recommend this simple easy mod.

[h8z2luze]

What stripper did you use? Thats a cool trick.

[theWeezL]

I bought a can of spray on heavy duty paint stripper (dont remember brand). But it was WAY overkill! It stripped the wheels to bare metal in about 5 minutes. I think you could easily get away with the biodegradable citrus based stuff. or even just the regular duty stripper. and I recommend the spray kind its way easier to work with.


PS, those pictures really dont do the wheels justice...they look better in the sunlight in person.

[burton51m]

that makes those old wheels look nice. im not a big fan of those wheels in the firstplace but stripping that paint makes em look alot better.

[h8z2luze]

What about your tires? Did the stipper seem to hurt them at all?

[theWeezL]

While the can says not to get it on rubber, I didnt bother masking off the tires, but I did try not to get the stuff on the sidewalls. To get the edge of the rim you have to get some on the tires though. I sprayed my first wheel in the evening, and went to do something while it was working....and forgot about it untill the next morning. I saw no I'll effects on the rubber.

So, in short...no, doesnt seem to bother the tires at all.