Sorry to bring up an older thread.
I'm stripping my Luxfer 80cf aluminum tank. its a mid 90's tank, so its a bit older..
The bright yellow paint came off great with the stripper, however, it has like a primer, or a black under coat under the paint so I didn't get it down to the nice aluminum, there is a ring around the top part of the tank about an inch down from the neck thats bare aluminum and after that the whole tank is a black colour. bogus!
Any ideas? do older tanks have a special coating on the aluminum ?
Thanks
---------- Post added May 12th, 2012 at 06:22 PM ----------
nevermind!
Gave it a wash, let it dry and sanded a small spot and BAMB beautiful shiny aluminum!