How do I remove paint form copper pipes?

Answer 1

you will need to use plain old steel wool. it works really well. i used it in my bathroom on the copper pipes recently.

Answer 2

I'm afraid that the pool shop guys have the solution you need. It's called a sequestering agent and comes under many brand names.Mursatt chemicals makes one called Shield. Essentially what it does is keep the copper in solution to be filtered out eventually. This will stop further staining from happening and ought to be used as part of your maintenance program so that staining never happens. The existing copper stains can be dealt with using a metal stain remover that's applied to your water. Again, there are many brand names. Mursatt makes one simply called MSR. Both work pretty well and I've enjoyed good success with them in both vinyl and concrete pools. The reason you have copper? It's either going to be from your fill water (not all that likely) or you had aggressive water chemistry at one point that's stripped the copper from your pool heater's heat exchanger. A low TA or a low Ph will do that and it only takes a day to happen.Unfortunately, that also means that you've shortened the life of the heat exchanger in the process. You may have it spring a leak far sooner than it normally would. They're not cheap, averaging about 200-450 dollars depending on the manufacturer and size of the heater. It's also possible, if this is an old pool ( 25 plus years) that some of your plumbing is copper and a source of the copper you now see in the pool as that is the material used before PVC and Poly pipe came along. If you don't want to go the chemical route, the staining is quite severe and this is a concrete pool, then you have the option of draining it and acid washing. I wouldn't suggest this as an option, given the levels you're reporting, unless it's been 8 years or so since the pool had a majority of it's water replaced or your total dissolved solids are currently fairly high.

Answer 3

You can probably get away with a scraper & some steel wool since paint won't bond with copper. Should be easy.

Answer 4

Use steel wool or Brillo pads for a small amount of paint. If you have a lot then use a liquid paint stripper.

Answer 5

get a tin of nitromorse paint remover ( may be spelt wrong ) but be very careful and read instructions before useing

Answer 6

well why not use ordinary paint remover? paint it on, wait a few minutes, it bubbles and peels, then scrape it off.

Answer 7

U might try using NITOMORSE paint stripper,, its great for doing such things..

Answer 8

A wire pad and elbow grease.

Answer 9

gloss; scrape worse off then plastic scouring pad.
emulsion; hot soapy water and plastic scouring pad.

Answer 10

use a heat gun or torch and with a rag with acetone after heater/warmed wipe until clean.
once thin enough, you will nolonger need heat.
be cautious of the heat gun/torch w/rag...keep separate.