Bakem, fry'm, blast'm, what do I do??

My LT-1 valve covers have a coat of chevy orange paint and a newer coat of gloss black paint on them and it all needs to come off.

Has anyone just put heavier aluminum valve covers or similar parts in the oven and turned the knob up to 450 or 500 for a few hours?? Should that bake it off?

 

Doesn't sound like a good idea, probably just become harder.
I used aircraft stripper, a stiff brush, and a tub of water to clean paint off of a set of M/T valve covers. They came out real nice!

 

soak em in castrol super clean for a few days the paint will fall off

 

Paint stripper at local hardware store will do it. Just put it on thick.. leave it for awhile to do it's thing and rub it off.

 

OR the really thick stuff from Ace Hardware {jell style}

 

As others have said............any paint stripper should work.

 

A guy whose name is powdercoater is asking how to remove paint?

 

That was my first thought

Frank

 

Lacquer thinner is my go-to solvent to remove just about any kind of paint or coating.I havent found much that will stand up to an overnight soak in the thinner.

 

I'd use the spray on "Jascos" stripper.

 

why not sand blast them???

 

You gonna leave them raw, polish them, paint or powder them? If your gonna coat them with something, Id say blast em.

 

sure..... stick em in the wifes oven and crank it up to about 500. let us know how that works out for ya

 

Why not put it on 'CLEAN?'

 

forgot about that. that would work.

 

Sand blast them suckers!

 

brake fluid always takes paint off of stuff i dont want it to
try it
tk

 

lol, yep

 

I wonder what idiot would want to paint a set of LT-1 Z/28 valve covers????

He should have his ass removed...

I think Clint Eastwood said that in a movie...

 

I asked that because I really didn't want to blast them. I'd like to leave the smooth original finish, not a blasted finish. Also, another reason not to blast is that it is difficult to remove media from enclosed areas.

 

maybe walnut or dry ice blasting? Walnut could be done DIY, dry ice, not so much. Either one would probably be the least intrusive on the blasting end of things.

Maybe some paint stripper and a trip to the powerwasher.

 

It's been 2 days now since you first posted your question.
You got the paint off 'em yet?

 

I have good luck with the purple stripping pads from Sunchaser Tools.

 

After all the great input from you experts, I plan to strip them with aircraft stripper.

Thanks everyone.