Dcox9
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Buddy of mine asked me to bring the shine back to his diamond plate box for his truck. Thought no problem, I've dealt with a few of these. Upon inspection of it, Found its 10 years old and the lid is covered in spray paint. So start with my pile of chemicals (Least aggressive to Most) Nothing was making this work. Went into the back closet got Zip Strip out (if you dont know what it is, look it up! Its harsh) Ive used this to strip the paint off my leather helmet a couple of times, works great! But didn't know the troubles ahead.
I tested it on a corner of the top and after letting it sit for a few minutes, the spray paint came right off. So moved on to the rest of lid. Wearing very durable latex gloves, applied it all over. Came back and started to remove it and my arm was beat red an burning horribly. Washed it, then went back to work, about a minute later my hand tightened up and became a little numb and swollen! Cleaned them up real good, and everything went back to normal. After spending a good 4 hours of polishing the box, I started cleaning up.... and Heres my surprise, The Zip Strip ate through the concrete leaving a creator!! lol its about 2"X2" (the pic wont upload)
I tested it on a corner of the top and after letting it sit for a few minutes, the spray paint came right off. So moved on to the rest of lid. Wearing very durable latex gloves, applied it all over. Came back and started to remove it and my arm was beat red an burning horribly. Washed it, then went back to work, about a minute later my hand tightened up and became a little numb and swollen! Cleaned them up real good, and everything went back to normal. After spending a good 4 hours of polishing the box, I started cleaning up.... and Heres my surprise, The Zip Strip ate through the concrete leaving a creator!! lol its about 2"X2" (the pic wont upload)
