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I think I looked through this when I first found the site. Gel would be great for like 7milesup’s wheels, but not for me so I discarded it from my feeble memory.
#1 that’s a single use application. Even though it says it’s non toxic where do you rinse something like that off and not worry about the residue?
I was shocked there was not much smell when I poured the stripper into the modified covered cake pan I used for my parts. The old stuff about burned my face off when I poured it into the pan. The smell happened after I pulled the cover off after letting the part soak. It took almost the whole gallon to cover the parts. The old stuff in a smaller uncovered pan with at smaller part by the time the part was clean probably 2-30% had evaporated. Almost none of the new stuff in the covered pan evaporated. I think all my loss after doing 4 pieces was from not having the right funnel to pour the stripper back in the gallon jug it came in. It originally was full to brim and when I was done with the recovery it was about 1” from the brim.
The other thing I noticed was the stripper got incredibly dark as the powder coat I use is semi gloss black exclusively. But after the parts were done and I was pouring it back in the jug most of what I was pouring back was pretty clear and it seemed the old powder coat had mostly precipitated out to a sludge in the bottom of the pan. I didn’t pour the sludge into the jug but wiped it out of the pan. Cleaned up easy. By the way it cleaned the last part as good as the first(unlike the old stuff) I expect the recovered stripper to work next time I need it also unlike the old stuff.
There is so many variables in this process it’s hard to make a hard and fast rule that would apply to everyone but for me the expense and good outcome has been worth it.
