Stripping of CARC Coating
Stripping of CARC Coating
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I have steel components that are coated with the CARC coating specified by the U.S. military and I need to strip this material in a manner that will preserve the surface integrity beneath the coating and not thermally damage the shot peened surface. The coating needs to be stripped in order to inspect the surface prior to fatigue testing. I have tried plastic bead blast, which does not touch this coating and aluminum oxide grit blast, which removed the coating but trashed the surface.The coating vendor does not have any recommendations.





RE: Stripping of CARC Coating
Another option is dry ice removal.
RE: Stripping of CARC Coating
Our only sucess was using our Pyrolysis Ovens, normally used to remove our process polymer from piping and equipment. If your parts are amenable to this process it would be the way to go as at this process is used to clean painting equipment.