Is aircraft remover safe for plywood?

kjeffery

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I have a upright PAC cab that looks to have been repainted over and over again. I don't want be sanding for weeks trying to remove that crud. So us aircraft remover/ stripper safe to use on plywood? Also I wanted to know if a 25 inch monitor will fit. My plans are to paint it satin black and use all the real multicade artwork from arcadeshop and put a 60-1 in it.
 
you should be okay to use it, it usually attacks paint layer by layer.. so if you take it down to the original color.. wipe it off with a damp towel and sand/prime from there..

also.. dont get it on you.
 
I quit using paint stripper on this stuff, as the original finishes aren't all that thick. The key is to start with 60 or 80 grit, quality, 3M sandpaper. The Harbor Freight sandpaper is garbage for this. If you start with 60 or 80 you'll go right through the paint and it seems like less to me than messing with paint stripper on wood.
 
I quit using paint stripper on this stuff, as the original finishes aren't all that thick.

Same here. Citristrip works great to take of most of the paint, but it then still requires sanding. Take an orbital sander to it and you'll be done in no time. Really comes off easily without too much effort.

Citristrip will do this:
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Scrape if off and you'll have this:
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Still needs to be sanded so just skip that step and go with this:
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to get this...
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Aircraft Stripper will soak into the wood, and will come back to bite you in the butt when it attacks the new paint from underneath. You'll need to find a way to neutralize it before painting.

I prefer to sand all my wood, or use lacquer thinner or a solvent that will remove what ever paint you have, as it evaporates out of the wood.
 
Aircraft Stripper will soak into the wood, and will come back to bite you in the butt when it attacks the new paint from underneath. You'll need to find a way to neutralize it before painting.

I prefer to sand all my wood, or use lacquer thinner or a solvent that will remove what ever paint you have, as it evaporates out of the wood.

Agreed.. I used stripper on a KISS cabinet, and just didn't care for the cleanup. I used a lot of lacquer thinner to clean up the stripper from the nooks and crannies, afraid it would wreck the finish later on. With metal, you can clean it after sanding with TSP or something, but with wood, you run that risk.
 
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