Stripping old paint from old drill presses

[bahmi]

I'm picking up a vintage drill press and wish to remove all old paint from it. What have proven to be the best methods and materials to use for this process?

 

[Packard V8]

On all the cast iron parts, shot blasting or sand blasting works best for me. Remember to remove the aluminum data plates and/or logo tags.

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[Mike W.]

I use glass bead blasting in a blast cabinet on anything that ain't soft, like Packard said. Glass bead will also strip rust away without too much metal removal. If you don't have a blast cabinet a wire cup brush on a side grinder will work also.

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[JZiggy]

Citri Strip would be another good option.

 

[svtride]

I used liquid paint stripper with very coarse scrubby pads. I did 3 drill presses this way.

 

[Mike W.]

Actually another option if you don't have a blast cabinet, would be a combination of the paint stripper these guys mentioned and a cup wire brush. Might be messy, but you could really strip some paint.

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[Toy_Breaker_of]

Needle scaler works well too. Air powered, just dry paint chips to sweep up.

 

[Mike W.]

Oh man, I'd forgotten about a needle scaler. Forget what I said get the needle scaler. I used mine on a Rockwell metal lathe I'm restoring, it's a beast.

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[Mike W.]

Needle scaler in action

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[Toy_Breaker_of]

<--------retired swabby


Needle scalers are beasts.......

 

[pendragon1998]

I plan on blasting mine.

 

[rsanter]

How much paint we talking....many layers?

I took mine apart and used a wire wheel cup on a grinder

Bob