Paint Stripper

What is the best paint stripper for both sheet metal and cast iron that you can get at napa.

Lastly, how much do I need to cover a farmall super C

The best is called Aircraft Stripper--methylene chloride, like most are. Some are more concentrated than others. Wear gloves and a charcoal mask. The stuff will burn holes in your skin, nasty stuff. Be sure to get it ALL out of the pores in the cast and all nooks and crannies, or it will lift the paint. Typical size is a gallon, doubt if you need more than that. Probably $30-35-up. The cheaper stuff is not as good. Will probably take more than one application, particulaly on the cast.

(quoted from post at 16:25:28 03/06/10) The best is called Aircraft Stripper--methylene chloride, like most are. Some are more concentrated than others. Wear gloves and a charcoal mask. The stuff will burn holes in your skin, nasty stuff. Be sure to get it ALL out of the pores in the cast and all nooks and crannies, or it will lift the paint. Typical size is a gallon, doubt if you need more than that. Probably $30-35-up. The cheaper stuff is not as good. Will probably take more than one application, particulaly on the cast.

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So would a good hot high pressure wash of each part do the trick on removing the chemical off the cast iron.?

Lastly, does the product I buy have to labeled Aircraft Stripper or can I buy methylene chloride from the local chemical supplier.

like cnks said use the auircraft stripper. to add to his suggestions, clean all the dirt and grease off the tractor before you apply stripper. also , if you go over the paint with a wire wheel or coarse sandpaper, the stripper cuts better. also, as soon as you apply the stripper, lay saran wrap over it. it keeps it from drying out and helps it work better. rinse all the stripper off witha hose and soapy water. a pressure washer with splash the stripper everywhere. and it burns!! i started using stripper on the last m i painted, and had a hard time getting the paint off after several applications. ended up using a 3m stripper wheel on air grinder. did a better job, and not as messy, but took a little longer.

Pressure wash will help. I scrub it off with soap and water, or some household cleaner such as 409. You have to get it all out. I don't know what your chemical supplier sells. What I am talking about is a gummy substance, in other words it has an ingredient to make it thick so that it doesn't run off. I think what your supplier will have is just a watery liquid which will disappear before it does any good, you will have to ask him. And, I agree with glennster that the stripper is not too effective on cast. I wire wheel or use a fiber disk to remove most of the paint. It will work on sheet metal, though.

(quoted from post at 03:17:03 03/07/10) Pressure wash will help. I scrub it off with soap and water, or some household cleaner such as 409. You have to get it all out. I don't know what your chemical supplier sells. What I am talking about is a gummy substance, in other words it has an ingredient to make it thick so that it doesn't run off. I think what your supplier will have is just a watery liquid which will disappear before it does any good, you will have to ask him. And, I agree with glennster that the stripper is not too effective on cast. I wire wheel or use a fiber disk to remove most of the paint. It will work on sheet metal, though.

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I think I will end up doing the cast with a wire wheel and the sheet metal with stripper.

Read warning labels....chemicals in some strippers can cause heart irregularities!!
Safety first Good luck

Also, you can use a fiber wheel on an electric drill on the sheet metal; that will remove all the paint and 99-100% of the rust. It will badly scratch the surface, but that can be fixed with a sandable surfacer over the primer. That is my preference, it gets the paint off and I don't have to sand out the underlying rust. I wire wheel the cast.

Aircraft stripper is for aircraft.. I work in a shop that refinishes airplanes and true aircraft stripper is made for aluminium not steel. All non aluminium parts are masked out because the stripper can actually weep into the pores especially castings. I have had to replace many expensive parts because of poor application. Try stuff called Sea to Sky that is less toxic and though it may take a bit longer it has a larger margine for error,plus it dosn't burn skin as bad..

Probably it is called aircraft stripper because non-aircraft people think everything used on airplanes has to be heavy duty. I believe the mfg is using it as a trade name. As to aluminum tractor parts, such as hydraulic pumps and carburetors, I don't use anything on those, except sandpaper or a wire brush. Usually leave them unpainted, too. Corrrosion is not a problem if they are inside.

Although there may be strippers specifically intended for use on aircraft?, and probably there is some marketing hype in using the word aircraft on the label, the term "aircraft stripper" is generally understood to mean that it is capable of removing the epoxy and polyurethane paint materials commonly used on aircraft.