Black copper Stingray paint removal

[Ms82082]

Just wanted to share my experiment with everyone today. I took my black hcigar copper Stingray and removed the crappy chipping paint. Boiled copper tubes then pulled them out holding with a towel and scraped the paint off with a guitar pick. Then simply polished with brasso polish and here are the results [emoji2] so much nicer now

 

[its_dizzle]

i used a nail polisher cube thing on mine.

 

[IonMan]

Going to do this later today using either nail polish remover or paint thinner depending on what I can find @ the shop here at work. Ill post the results later

Edit:
Googled how to strip paint from copper, and realized both of those are stupid ideas will be boiling mine when it comes time, will probably grab a SS tohb, copper tip, and hybrid kit first though & make it super sexy

 

[dirtybirdy]

Looks real nice.

 

[IonMan]

Just wanted to share my experiment with everyone today. I took my black hcigar copper Stingray and removed the crappy chipping paint. Boiled copper tubes then pulled them out holding with a towel and scraped the paint off with a guitar pick. Then simply polished with brasso polish and here are the results [emoji2] so much nicer now
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Ms82082 how long did you boil yours for?

 

[Ms82082]

Like 30 mins periodically pulling and scraping paint as it softened.

 

[IonMan]

Not the best picture from my crappy cell phone, but there it is.

 

[Ms82082]

Awesome and congrats

 

[joose junkie]

Hmm. I would try it on mine but its almost brand new so I'll wait a while. Plus, wouldnt it tarnish quickly and look like ....?

 

[readmylips]

Going to do this later today using either nail polish remover or paint thinner depending on what I can find @ the shop here at work. Ill post the results later

Edit:
Googled how to strip paint from copper, and realized both of those are stupid ideas will be boiling mine when it comes time, will probably grab a SS tohb, copper tip, and hybrid kit first though & make it super sexy

Why is it a stupid idea?

RML

 

[IonMan]

Why is it a stupid idea?

RML

Paint thinner and other strong acids will oxidize the copper and cause a patina. At least that's my understanding, never tried it. I ended up boiling mine.

Sent from my fantabulous & useless Note II

 

[Art Eastridge]

I used a dremel and wire wheel attachments then went back and polished it with the buffing wheels and compound in my dremel kit. I'm letting it hand patina now. Here's what it looked like when I was finished with polishing

 

[IonMan]

I used a dremel and wire wheel attachments then went back and polished it with the buffing wheels and compound in my dremel kit. I'm letting it hand patina now. Here's what it looked like when I was finished with polishing

Very very nice. Congrats

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[D-Drippers]

i soaked my tubes in iso alcohol for two hours, and the black dissolved and wiped off with a rag, no scratching.
figured this out when cleaning it with iso, the black started coming off.