Naval Jelly as a Paint Remover?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

My ornamental iron porch posts desperately need to be painted. They
are not rusted but some large flakes of paint need to be removed
first. I've got a set of those wire brushes that can be put on an
electric drill, but I'm not impressed with the results. I thought the
stuff would fly off, but it's not nor does a regular wire brush seem
to have any effect on these flakes. Would naval jelly be a good
choice to put on the porch posts to desolve most of the paint and
remove the flaking paint?

Once the old paint is removed I have several cans of Sherwin Williams
Etching Primer to put on the bare metal and then will paint with Red
Devil Enamel with Polyurethane. I used these products on the handrail
which is out in the weather 24/7 about 5 years ago and still no
blistering nor rust. Paint has faded a bit is about the only flaw.

[Richard J Kinch]

> Would naval jelly be a good
> choice to put on the porch posts to desolve most of the paint and
> remove the flaking paint?

No. Naval jelly is a phosphoric acid rust converter, not a paint remover.
Methylene chloride is nasty but most effective paint remover.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Would naval jelly be a good
> choice to put on the porch posts to desolve most of the paint and
> remove the flaking paint?

For only a few dollars, you can buy stuff made for -- get this now ---
removing paint. It is called Paint Remover and is available at any paint,
hardware store, or home center.

[Oren]

On 29 May 2007 20:22:17 -0700, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

>Would naval jelly be a good
>choice to put on the porch posts to desolve most of the paint and
>remove the flaking paint?

No. Use a stripper or bead blast the metal.

Naval JellyŽ is now owned by LOCTITE.

Called: _ Naval JellyŽ Rust Dissolver_.

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Oren

..through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the configuration in the photo..

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Thanks all, I appreciate the help!

Ed, go stand in the corner until you are told to come out.

[Roger Rabbit]

Stand in a corner...? Good one..!

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[Roger Rabbit]

This is a long time ago (post) - I hope Ed you are still standing in a corner. Everyone likes a little ass but no one likes a smart ass..

[dist6chair]

Naval Jelly was always a paint stripper, for water craft and aircraft. It worked fast and would strip anything off of anything. We used it all the time throughout the 60's and into the 70's and 80's.

[Clare Snyder]

On Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:45:02 +0000, dist6chair
<a286a15d2a61ea43...@example.com> wrote:

>Naval Jelly was always a paint stripper, for water craft and aircraft. It worked fast and would strip anything off of anything. We used it all the time throughout the 60's and into the 70's and 80's.

No, you used "aircraft stripper" - Methylene Chloride IIRC. Naval
Jelly is a Loctite product designed to "dissolve" rust - basically
gelled Phosphoric Acid. If you were using it in the military it was to
remove RUST from ships. Any pain that was ON the rust would obviously
be removed. It does affect latex paints, but is far from a "paint
stripper" even for them.

[The Miller]

I've been using naval jelly to strip paint for years. I love it because its tackiness gives it great clinging ability on vertical surfaces, it's cheap, and much safer to work with than methylene chloride.