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Title: Removing paint from bakelite
Post by: Sargeguy on July 25, 2011, 09:18:03 PM

What stripping agents are safe on Bakelite?

Title: Re: Removing paint from bakelite
Post by: LarryInMichigan on July 25, 2011, 09:40:06 PM

I always use 3M "Safest Stripper". It works quickly, and it hasn't harmed any bakelite yet. It will dissolve tenite though.

Larry

Title: Re: Removing paint from bakelite
Post by: Bill on July 26, 2011, 10:16:06 AM

Almost nothing will hurt real bakelite. As Larry says, plastics of any sort is a whole 'nuther issue.

Bill

Title: Re: Removing paint from bakelite
Post by: Sargeguy on August 21, 2011, 09:02:54 PM

Citri-Strip did not damage my WE hard rubber receiver cap after 1/2 hour, did no damage to bakelite cap, melted the ABS.

Title: Re: Removing paint from bakelite
Post by: bingster on November 03, 2011, 10:06:08 PM

Klean-Strip premium seems to not hurt bakelite. I just finished stripping several brushed-on layers of paint from a black bakelite Zenith radio case, and it did no harm of any kind, even after the multiple applications necessary to get all the paint off.

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Telephone Identification, Repair & Restoration => Telephone Restoration Projects and Techniques => Bakelite Repair & Polishing => Topic started by: Sargeguy on July 25, 2011, 09:18:03 PM