Cleaning up old cast rads

[jonnydon'tknowmuch]

Dear all, I have just bought some old cast iron rads, and obviosly they are full of crap, what should I use to clean them out, and if any has any tips of cleaning them up and removing paint it would be appriciated.

Thanks

J

 

[oilman]

I found THESE people were better than a diy job, unless you like doing that sort of thing.

 

[JPC]

in my book u have 3 options.

u have them sandblasted.....(i have never done or had it done but its an accepted way of doing them)

u strip them by hand with nitromores or similar.(ahhhhhhh, long, messy job)

u have them dipped. u take them to the same people who strip pine doors etc in a (prefebly hot) caustic tank. the cast iron is not damaged. they come out clean as a whisle. ring them up first as not all will dip rads.

 

[oilman]

Fixing the outside is no problem, it's dismantling, cleaning, and reassembling that's the cunning bit.

 

[jonnydon'tknowmuch]

Will caustic soda strip the paint of of the rads??

 

[Nige F]

Will caustic soda strip the paint of of the rads??

: Nitromors will but the paint might be lead based but I don`t care so I`ll take them off you cheap Oilman.......do you know how I do Got the T shirt too Got it wrong about the soda

 

[sidecar_jon]

Will caustic soda strip the paint of of the rads??

yes thats what paint stripper is... might be good to soak the inside with too...maybe make up a tempory tank to leave em in over night.