Lacquer removal.

BardoXV · Regular Member Joined: 27 Aug 2015 Posts: 34

How can you remove the lacquer from a horn, I have tried several methods that do not work.
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trumpetmandan · Regular Member Joined: 28 Nov 2018 Posts: 44

What methods have you tried that haven't worked?

LittleRusty · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:48 pm Post subject:

If only there was some place where one could search a database and find discussions on how to do things like this.

Google "site:trumpetherald.com strip lacquer"

Have fun reading all of the information.

BardoXV · Regular Member Joined: 27 Aug 2015 Posts: 34

I've used Rust-Oleum Aircraft paint remover, Klean Strip Aircraft paint remover, both the spray on and the liquid kind, also hot water. None of them touched the lacquer that is on the horns. A VEGA was the last one I tried and the other was an Olds.
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veery715 · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:14 pm Post subject:

Try EasyOff oven cleaner in the blue can.
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spitvalve · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:16 pm Post subject:

I've used hot water. It has to be boiling hot. May not work on all horns, though. I've only done it on an Olds Ambassador.
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JetJaguar · Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:15 am Post subject:

I've done 3 horns recently. I first used EZ-Strip, which is non-caustic (you don't need gloves or a respirator), followed by boiling. Some say the water doesn't need to be boiling. Then I follow with a Terrycloth rag, sometimes backed with a wooden chopstick for the inbetweeny areas. Brasso can help a bit at the end, with its abrasion. I'm sure many other polishing or rubbing compounds also. It could be that just the EZ-strip alone could do it also.

UPDATE: I wasn't sure how much the EZ-Strip or the boiling was working. I emailed EZ-Strip and they said the product doesn't work on nitrocellulose lacquer.
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