Homemade Paint Stripper

Just thought I would share a little project I did last summer. We live in a 94 year old craftsman bungalow that needs work so there is a lot of paint to strip and repaint. There is an infrared paint stripper on the market called The Silent Paint Stripper that works great but costs over $300. I'm not willing to pay that much for a paint stripper so I decided to make my own from a infrared space heater. Here are some pics of what I came up with.









The thing works great! Once it gets up to temp, it will get a space the size shown in the bottom picture all hot, bubbling and ready to scrape in about 30 seconds. I wonder if it would work on a Vette. . . .

Not sure I would want to heat that much the fiberglass or the stuff that bonds the pieces together.

I don't think it would work very well on our vettes,but i am glad you posted that,i will have to give it a try the next time i need to strip some wood.

Yeah, I was just kidding about using it on the Vette. It works great on wood though.

Good job, homemade tools are always great ... but don't you think a heat gun like this one below would do the job just as good for less than $20 ??

http://www.jackstoolshed.zoovy.com/...ASE&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=&utm_campaign=

MYBAD79 said:

Good job, homemade tools are always great ... but don't you think a heat gun like this one below would do the job just as good for less than $20 ??

http://www.jackstoolshed.zoovy.com/...ASE&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=&utm_campaign=

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No way. I have one. It doesn't produce near the amount of heat that my homemade one does. I'm guessing the infrared heater loosens paint 4 or 5 times faster. That heat gun just has an itty bitty heat element in it compared to the 2 quartz tubes in the infrared.

Hey you know what? Could this thing be used for powder coating?
I think Eastwood sell's them for large parts that cant go into an oven.


http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/...ODUCT&iMainCat=459&iSubCat=460&iProductID=400

Where did you find the heating elements for this paint stripper?
It is different than the others that i have seen.

Please let me know.

The elements came out of this: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Bionaire-BQH308C-U-Quartz-Heater-Thermostat/dp/B000I11NMA"]Bionaire BQH308C-U Quartz Tower Heater[/ame]