Thermal Stripping
At AFI we feel that the best way to strip old paint, oils, and any other contaminating substances off of a part is to simply “bake” it off. With our thermal stripping oven we are able to strip one large part such as a complete car body or hundreds of small parts at a time. Unlike acid stripping there is no need to worry about un-neutralized acid being trapped between lapped and welded material that can outgas in the powder coating process or actually cause future rusting. Because we only bake at 800 degrees for four hours it will not distort your metal parts but will turn to ash all paint, undercoating, and body fillers.
Blast Stripping
AFI offers several blast stripping methods which include plastic, aluminum oxide, and glass bead blasting. With our glass bead blasting room the blasting of large industrial items and even complete car bodies is not a problem. Delicate parts such as car wheels and industrial die castings are blasted in our plastic media cabinet while AFI’S one of a kind automatic al oxide cabinet handles all of the high volume parts.