Stripping paint off rims

Posted on Sun 10th, July 2011

• #1

singspeed

I recently bought some red rigida dp 18 rims. It was a bit of an impulse buy, but now Ive realized they dont suit my frame. Will nitromors wreck them? Has anyone ever tried this before?

Cheers
• #2

lae

If they are painted then it'll remove the paint and won't harm the rims, but it won't have any effect on anodised rims.

If you want to remove anodising you need to do it mechanically (i.e. coarse wire wool) or use caustic soda. Anodising is essentially an extremely thin layer of coloured aluminium on top of the plain aluminium rims - caustic soda works because it dissolves aluminium... so be extremely careful when using caustic soda because if you use a strong solution/leave it to soak for too long/don't wash it off properly, it will also start dissolving your rims.
• #3

Mocha

if they're painted why not have them powdercoated? they'll do the stripping for you and you can choose any colour you like

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