Bar Paint Removal

[JuanD]

Are there any good at-home ways to compeletely remove paint from a bar, apart from using the wire wheel on the grinder?

 

[skwerl]

Buy GB bars, the paint falls off in a week of moderate use.

 

[Firewoodster]

Buy some "STRIP-EZE" From your local paint or hardware store. It comes in a WATERBORNE (the main ingredient is H2O) base that is totally environmentally friendly.
UH OH!!!! Will I catch hell from the PROS on this one.LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

That's why I still run HUSKYS

 

[Locoweed]

Belt sander works good

 

[Lakeside53]

I've never found much that will take the epoxy varnish "paint" off a Stihl bar...

A self feed rotary drum sander (woodworking tools) work great... and you can adjust is by 1000ths of an inch. Makes your bar look like new (well, new steel).

 

[rjh245]

What is the advantage of taking the paint off the bar?
Rob

 

[xander9727]

It makes it shiny........for a while......

 

[timistall]

What is the advantage of taking the paint off the bar?
Rob

Faster cut (no need to mod. your saw)

 

[climber1423]

Abrasive blast cabinets work the best I think. But thats kind of hard to come by IMO.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Abrasive blast cabinets work the best I think. But thats kind of hard to come by IMO.

Until the "blast" media gets into the roller sprocket..........then bye bye bearing!

 

[timberwolf]

Second the belt sander, finished with an orbital and some paste wax.

 

[Lakeside53]

What is the advantage of taking the paint off the bar?
Rob

So you can repaint it for sale on Ebay

 

[sedanman]

On a "race saw" taking the paint off makes the bar a tiny little bit thinner. With race chain cutting a narrower kerf than regular woods chain the narrow bar is less likely to hang in a cut. I used a random orbit sander on a few bars and a very thin coat of clear just because I like the look ( I am officialy nuts ) .

 

[Stumper]

Try oven cleaner.

 

[Lawn Masters]

Sedanmans reason makes good sense. for stripping the paint off, I like to use a belt sander, then after that, I like to use a little wax on the bar to shine it up a little bit.

 

[turnkey4099]

Faster cut (no need to mod. your saw)

I find painting a racing stripe on it works just as well and isn't as much work.

Harry K

 

[wagonwheeler]

I find painting a racing stripe on it works just as well and isn't as much work.

Harry K

Should the stripe be with the long or short axis of the bar? Wouldn't want to slow the saw down by using the wrong orientation...

Chaser

 

[Mr.]

On a "race saw" taking the paint off makes the bar a tiny little bit thinner. With race chain cutting a narrower kerf than regular woods chain the narrow bar is less likely to hang in a cut. I used a random orbit sander on a few bars and a very thin coat of clear just because I like the look ( I am officialy nuts ) .

Look at sedanman's saw. You have to have a good looking bar with a saw like that. I thought everyone else was milling them like I do. Not my bit so the paint doesn't matter.

Sedanman is it ok to copy your double barrel exhaust I really want to bad.

Fred

 

[Justin Garrison]

I have never tried it on a bar but Aircraft paint stripper works good on anything I have used it on, wood metal.

 

[sedanman]

Mr. Knock yourself out.