Removing Mikuni Carb Paint

[RSaggiorato]

I heard alot of people dip them in carb cleaner, is this the best way?
The carbs also have alot of casting lines, can they be bead blasted to have these removed?

I checked the forum and couldnt find any other threads on this.
Thanks

 

[#ZERO]

The small carb cleaning tanks are the best way to remove the paint.

I would hit the casting marks with dremel tool.

Bead blasting the carbs can be risky there is a lot of small passages that the blast media can hide.

 

[FLY6584]

I found this spray can paint remover at Home Depot and it works awesome. You just spray it on and the paint bubbles off.

I thought about removing all of the paint off my carbs, but I realized the only places it was chipping from was the front plates and linkage springs so I just removed the plates, springs, and movable parts like the throttle linkage and removed the paint off those parts and just left the carb bodies alone.

Now they look awesome and almost look like a new set of aftermarket carbs with a little bling to them.

Personally if they are stock 38's like my carbs were I wouldn't spend too much time on them cuz eventually you'll be upgrading to 44's or bigger. :biggthumpup:

 

[RSaggiorato]

Thanks for the reply's,
It is actually to take the grey paint off of SBN 46's, do you remember what the spray was called?
I thought bead blasting was a lil much , dremel tool it is.

 

[FLY6584]

Thanks for the reply's,
It is actually to take the grey paint off of SBN 46's, do you remember what the spray was called?
I thought bead blasting was a lil much , dremel tool it is.

I wish I could remember. Unfortunately the can is at my house in Florida. I can tell you that it was with the paint strippers and was a bigger than average spray can that had a blue and white label.:biggthumpup:

 

[Speedfreak]

You can buy a gallon of carb cleaner at autozone or somewhere like that that has a small basket in it. Just throw them in and pull it out in an hour with no paint. Heck just spraying carb cleaner on it will bubble the paint in a minute or 2. I think the last time I checked the gallon of cleaner was like $11

 

[RSaggiorato]

Is it ok to leave the carbs with no paint, or should i put some type of clear coat on them?

 

[#ZERO]

If you're running your ski in salt water I would use some black appliance epoxy paint from Home Depot.

 

[meatball]

I just did mine. Even after soaking for about 30 hours in a carb cleaner can (make sure internals are removed!), only about half the paint came off. I hit it with a strong air compressor nozzle to blast off all the loose stuff, then sanded where I could. Zinc tempo primer, then Tempo sterndrive paint. Came out awesome (with careful masking).

 

[FLY6584]

Man you guys really need to try that stuff I found at HD. I swear I sprayed that stuff on and within seconds all of the paint was bubbling then I just took a paper towel and wiped all of the paint away leaving no paint behind.

 

[tricky1]

Bead Blast.

 

[SkiDaddy]

Is that the FS manifold Tricky?

 

[tricky1]

Is that the FS manifold Tricky?

yes

 

[#ZERO]

Here are some before and after pictures of my Yamaha 44's.

I used the carb cleaning tank method and coated them with epoxy powder coating.

 

[#ZERO]

Man you guys really need to try that stuff I found at HD. I swear I sprayed that stuff on and within seconds all of the paint was bubbling then I just took a paper towel and wiped all of the paint away leaving no paint behind.

Yep!... spray can paint remover works great too. :fing02:

Even gasket remover in the spray can works.

 

[RSaggiorato]

Nice job on those carbs, im actually going to tear them down and dip. I kind of like the stock metal look for some reason, the ski is in fresh water so corrosion from salt isnt really a problem.
While im at it I am also going to hack off some of the choke stops and such that would be used if it was actually installed, gotta love casts.

 

[Boris]

A while ago I used a paint stripper in a spray can called "Aircraft Remover" on a set of carbs.

Worked in seconds.

 

[icecoled007]

How do you guys repaint the carbs?

 

[gto0209]

so the carb bodies hold up fine at 400* for powdercoat? Looks like I might be doing mine then.

 

[Joker]

A while ago I used a paint stripper in a spray can called "Aircraft Remover" on a set of carbs.

Worked in seconds.

That stuff also works awesome or decals and old turf glue