Easy off ovencleaner in Europe? (Germany)

[DerAlex]

Does anybody know where I can buy easy off ovencleaner in Germany?

Or in the Netherlands or Belgium?

Aren't there some similar products besides brake fluid?

[DJTheo]

Austrian Tiger Enfetter, but possibly any degreaser (also Castrol degreaser in USA), dont forget, try at your own rish []

Cheers

[DerAlex]

Ok, as I messed up the blackfoot paint job today I decided to try ovencleaner and maybe 'rescue' the body.

There were three different makes.

I took the K2R one that is recomendet by the big ovenmakers (bosch, siemens etc...). I think it is made in switzerland.

There were two other brands. One was "no-name" and the other one seemed to aggressive/ corrosive becaus it said s.th. like "don't let the foam be more than 1 hour on the oven". And it said "ätzend" and inflamable(I think it means corrosive in english), the other ones were only inflamable.

My question:

How many hours would you let the foam 'work' on a hard plastic (blackfoot) body id="red">[?]

The paint is fresh, I tried to get of as much paint while it was wet.

[miramar]

I have tried the German brand "Barfin" (funny name for you native english-speaking lot out there!) ovencleaner, and though it was supposed to be "ätzend", it had no effect even on Humbrol paints.

As I wasn't able to find any ovencleaner that really removes paint, I mixed "Drano" drainage-cleaner with water. It did the trick. Good ventilation is however a must, and this mixture is a lot more harmful to skin, eyes and lungs than ovencleaners, so please wear goggles and rubber gloves, and just take care. A lot!

Also, Drano heats up when mixed with water, so it may cause distortion on thinwalled parts.

I used the same mixture to remove the orange anodizing from some Jug hop-ups. I had bare aluminum within seconds!

[DJTheo]

I also had no luck till now with over cleaners available in Germany, guess the EU laws prohibit as strong substances as available in US.

[DerAlex]

It seems to work. [] Maybe because the paint is fresh.

It is just 5 hours ago that I foamed the blackfoot with oven-cleaner foam. I just went into the garage to check out the progress. I could strip some paint with my fingers. Not very easyly but it worked.

Hopefully tomorrow the paint will go off more easyly. []

I tried some "Verdünner" (nitro?) on the body before but that started to damage it within no time. [:I]

However I would have liked to try the "green activator" we talked about in another thread. Maybe I'll find out a distributor in Germany someday.

[WillyChang]

The "good stuff" to use always carries warning messages of:

HIGHLY CAUSTIC

USE IN WELL VENTILATED AREAS ONLY

DO NOT CONTACT WITH ALUMINIUM PARTS OF OVEN

DO NOT CONTACT WITH PAINTED PARTS OF OVEN

All the ones with no-fumes, not caustic etc etc don't usually do anything to paint.

[DerAlex]

Well, the one I bought did say "do not use on plastic, aluminium and painted parts of oven". But the other one seems to be more aggressive because there is a warning not to aply it for more than one hour.

However I am happy with the result.

I stripped of the paint with a brush and a hard sponge.

It wasn't easy but the paint came of. After less than an hour the body had only a little paint on it (will show some pics later).

I did not use gloves and my hands seem ok (used handcream afterwards) and the oven cleaner did not smell (but I opened both garage doors just to be cautios).

It is not the easiest way to strip a body but it is much better than sanding because it doesn't harm the body structures (lines of the doors, hood, fueltank-door etc) []

Maybe next time I'll try BF if I manage to get a good amount from a car mechanics.

PS: The body was soaked for about 14 hours in oven-cleaner-foam.

[WillyChang]

quote:Originally posted by DerAlex

It is not the easiest way to strip a body but it is much better than sanding because it doesn't harm the body structures (lines of the doors, hood, fueltank-door etc) []

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Considering you can't use solvent hydrocarbon paintstripper or heat, its still the easiest way... []

quote:Maybe next time I'll try BF if I manage to get a good amount from a car mechanics.

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When's the last time you flushed your family car's brakes??

Might be an idea to do it... do it properly and you'll use

about 1L per car easily.

[shark364]

A tragic tale... Had an NSX body painted silver that I wanted to repaint in red. I have used Easy-Off for all my paint removal and have had no problems until now. Decided to do the same as I always did with this body. Sprayed the front end of the body and let it soak for a few in the sink. When I came back, left front fender well had melted away and body where I sprayed became very brittle.[] Dont know what happened, but now I will be more cautious.

[BiggusDitchus]

nsx is lexan is it not, as far as im aware oven cleaner should only be used on hardbodies. Lexan can be stripped eith nitro fuel.

[troll]

Try "Muscle oven four" It's available at Albert Heijn in the Netherlands.

Works great for me[]

[Live Steam Mad]

Hi,

I got curious about the Easy Off Oven Cleaner since I remember that we have an old container of it somewhere so I dug it out, and I took some pictures of it;-

...My Gran bought it from a local Electrical appliance shop here in St.Helens, 12 miles from Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, about 20 years ago!!

Cheers,

Alistair G.