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Regular
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Location: Baldwin City, KS 66006 | I had a used ramp put on my trailer....however, the ramp is the "Sundowner" white skinned and my trailer is the "Sundowner" aluminum color. If I use paint remover..will it take the white off and leave the aluminum color or should I repaint it or use something else to remove the color? | |
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Veteran
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Location: Colorado | Can you test the paint remover somewhere inconspicuous? Could you rivet on aluminum diamond plate or the like to come up with a nice looking solution? I am eventually going to cover some of my trailers cosmetic uglies with diamond plate. Hmmm, my friend riveted a brushed aluminum sheet on the front of her trailer for a gravel guard (it looks nice), maybe you could do something with a matching aluminum sheet if you don't want to spend the $$ to have it re-skinned by a welder. Happy Trails, Michelle | |
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Member
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Location: Oklahoma | It will be tough to take the paint off and make it match the rest of the trailer. I might try painting it a silver color or leave it for a while and see if it really bothers you that much. You see a lot of white skin on doors and the goosenecks of trailers with extruded sides, etc. | |
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Expert
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| Originally written by ISHOM on 2005-07-22 8:46 PM
I had a used ramp put on my trailer....however, the ramp is the "Sundowner" white skinned and my trailer is the "Sundowner" aluminum color. If I use paint remover..will it take the white off and leave the aluminum color or should I repaint it or use something else to remove the color?
MOST mill finish aluminum has some sort of a pattern stamped into it, e.g. waves, ripples, diamond plate, etc. If you strip the paint from a white skin you will have a plain sheet of aluminum, perhaps shinney, perhaps dull, almost certainly looking worse than the white paint you have now.
If I wanted to do it I would be sure to find a paint stripper that won't eat aluminum, failing that I'd use "mechanical means", most probably a wire brush and then an orbital sander to polish out the deep scratches and leave a pseudo random mill finish.
BTW, if it is only held on with a few rivets you might find that the back is "milled" and just flipping it over will produce the appearance you want - or convince you that the white is OK afterall.
I wouldn't bother, following drivers probably won't complain and it faces the ground when the trailer is stopped and you actually USE it.
Edited by Reg 2005-08-09 9:25 PM
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Ramp is wrong color.
