[DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms

[doug351c]

Many of the powders used in powder coating can be successfully removed by
soaking
in lacquer thinner for about an hour and then scrubbing with a scotch brite
pad
that is saturated with lacquer thinner.  A final bead blast to remove the
remnants usually does the trick.

Doug Braun
bleu 73L #5505

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Tom Borcich
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 7:38 PM
To: Charles Engles
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms


Charles, that's good info....funny my upper arms are powder coated and have
a few minor spots of rust. But
when I tried to bead blast the powder coating it takes for ever, same thing
when I hit it with a wire wheel.
Robert in Australia coated his a-arms with wheel spray paint and they look
great...just don't know how long it lasts,
especially being in LA county, all the chemicals that have been removed from
the paint makes it crap due to the
EPA rules.

Best regards,

Tom