Painted B&B

[Jim Shepard]

I recently picked a couple of B&B’s. The PO painted them gloss black - I mean heavily painted them, with lots of runs. Obviously I want to remove the paint but I’m a little concerned about damaging the carb surface with caustic paint remover. Any ideas how I can remove the paint without harming the metal?

[Los_Control]

Pics or it never happened .... !

 

I will not be the best one to advise, am curious what they look like ...... Obvious first impression is what paint did they use?

 

The problem here is the preparation of the paint .... will it last? .... I get you do not like the runs ..... Will it fall off in 6 months or will it last for years?

 

These are the questions ..... possibly lust a rough sand and epoxy primer to lock it all in ...... $$$

Can you scuff it up and re-shoot it?

 

Working with a poor previous paint job on two pilothouse trucks just brings up lots of questions  .... you do not think we would just leave it there?

[DJ194950]

I would bet the carb. cleaner in the 1/2 gal.? can will remove paint in a flash and never harm a carb as it was made to clean carbs by soaking the inner and outer parts.

 

Worth a try in my way of thinkin.

 

DJ

[Sniper]

Brake fluid?

 

[Ivan_B]

1 hour ago, Los_Control said:

Pics or it never happened .... !

That's a good one!

I would first try to dip the whole thing in a can with gas (and cover it up to make sure that you don't breath the fumes). Chances are, if the pain-job is poor, the paint is probably also not gasoline resistant

[Dan Hiebert]

Paint remover won't harm the metal the carburetors are made of.  Multi-purpose solvent for paint will probably make quick work of it, and won't hurt the metal, either.  A thought - I'd assume that the PO deliberately used a paint that is impervious to gasoline, wouldn't make sense to use something that isn't on carburetors.  If he/she didn't, that'll make it easier to remove, anyway.

Edited April 28 by Dan Hiebert

[Los_Control]

OMG ...... it is certainly fun to live in my world .... 🤣

 

You said you picked up a couple B&B's ..... I thought you mis-spelled and picked up a couple B1B's .....    Carry on.

 

Kind of a tough situation ..... whatever you use you do not want to get the removed paint inside of the carbs and clog them up.

[Ivan_B]

18 minutes ago, Los_Control said:

OMG ...... it is certainly fun to live in my world .... 🤣

🤨

 

41 minutes ago, Dan Hiebert said:

A thought - I'd assume that the PO deliberately used a paint that is impervious to gasoline, wouldn't make sense to use something that isn't on carburetors.

Doesn't make sense to paint them in the first place. Never ever seen anyone do that, unless someone was trying to do a quick "restoration" and just spray painted everything silver, right over dirt, etc. 😅

 

Edit: I just looked it up, there are actually Tube videos about painting the carbs and parts to make them look "better than new"... And different color "specialty coatings" to "replicate" different kind of zinc plating... This is silly 🙄

Edited April 28 by Ivan_B

[TodFitch]

2 hours ago, DJ194950 said:

I would bet the carb. cleaner in the 1/2 gal.? can will remove paint in a flash and never harm a carb as it was made to clean carbs by soaking the inner and outer parts.

 

Worth a try in my way of thinkin.

 

DJ

 

2 hours ago, Sniper said:

Brake fluid?

 

These are the two suggestions I'd have made had I gotten to this thread earlier. Congratulations to @DJ194950 and @Sniper for beating me to them.

[desoto1939]

I have seen B&B NOS carbs for my 1939 Desoto that were still in the factory Box that was painted a flat black color on the outside of the body but not on the inside of the carb.

 

Rich Hartung

Desoto1939@aol.com