I was wondering how to remove powder coating from some pieces of my quad so I can send them off to be Chromed?

 

Sandblasting usually works the best.

 

did you call the place you are going to get to do the plateing? if not you might want to call them and see if they do that for nat a lot ($$$).

 

i am constantly getting things chromed that were painted/ PC'ed and etc, before the chroming process they dip the materials in a chemical that removes everything! then they must polish the thing out and then chrome it, from what i understand

 

I bought some aircraft paint remover from autozone. It works awesome. Eats everything off and all you have to do is wipe it off with a towel. Gets down to the bare metal. No scrubbing or sanding required. Make sure you wear gloves, it will burn you bad, and use in a well ventilated area. I think it took me 2 large cans to get it all off and about 10 bucks.

 

I think I'm gonna do this when I take my engine apart (piston changing).
I'll sandblast head and cyl (sandblasting is amazing), then rub everything (after sandblasting, it's very rough) with sandpaper (that rubbing paper), and polish.
That's what I'm gonna do. It will take quite some time (1 day at least). Polishing will be the longest.

 

Zorro, get the cyl's bead blasted instead of sand blastin hem, that way u wont have to sand so much...it comes out smoother

 

Watch what kind of sand you use.

There is a sand called Black Diamond. It works great but pits the metal.

When I did my frame this spring, I used a very fine sand. It said on the package to NOT use for sandblasting, but I did. The metal on the frame looked great. Took a little bit longer, but it came out real nice. Even the people that welded the frame and the people that powdercoated it said it was nice. Very smooth.

The sand is in a blue bag at Lowes Home Improvement. I think it was 1.50 a bag.

 

I was told by a sandblaster to first soak it in gas and oil and ignite the part. Burning it breaks up the powdercoat and makes it much easier to sand blast off. However, it might be illegal to do depending where you live, etc...

 

y dont u just use paint remover than use a 600grid sand paper and smoothen it out belieave me it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!