Acrastrip � cleans cured and uncured
resins, paints and adhesives
Exclusive distributors of Acrastrip™ for UK and Ireland
Acrastrip is the leading approved, non-flammable and environmentally safe alternative to solvents in the US.
Acrastrip is a blend of safe, very high boiling solvents and cutting agents which is diluted with water and used either at room temperature or warmed. It is entirely miscible with water. Acrastrip reduces VOC's in American industry by 87 - 96%.
It can be used soak off grease, oils, resins (polyester and epoxies), paints, lacquers, etc. and can also be used in mechanical cleaning machines. It is widely used as flushing agent in automotive and other paint-based industries.
Acrastrip was developed and in 1998 and has since found widespread use across US Industry as an alternative to the highly volatile and hazardous solvents used in:
- Paint booths as a Paint Gun Wash
- US Military as a Pressure Pot/Gun Line Cleaner
- Cleans Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings
- General Automotive Industry Booth Cleaner
- Automotive Purge Solution in various industries
- Aluminium Extrusion Pump Line Cleaner
- Metalwork Shops as a Degreaser
- Coatings Industry - Pre-paint cleaner
- Paint/Resin Manufacturing as a tote/reactor cleaner
- Cleaner for polyester and epoxy resins, polyurethanes, polyvinyls and methacrylates.
- Furniture Industry - paint/laquer puirge.
- General adhesive remover
- Glass fibre shops - chop gun cleaner and laminating roller cleaner
- Gel Coat Flush
- General Degreasing applications
- General cleaning - Floors, Walls, Surfaces
- Acrastrip is used by Boeing Aerospace as a cleaner in preference to MEK and MPK. See the attached article for further details
- removes graffiti!(see picutes below)
Resins and Epoxies: Before and After...
Cleans resin lines quickly and efficiently:
Before |
After |
Dirty Chop Gun |
Recovered Chop Gun - soaked in Acrastrip 1:1 |
Dirty Resin Coating |
3 hours soaking and final rinse |
Pipe filled with hardened epoxy |
Pipe cleaned with Acrastrip 1:2 in 6 hours |
Mixed paint |
Separated (NB. 95% Clear Re-usuable Acrastrip!) |
Also cleans out paint lines in 10 seconds at 30-50 psi and 40°. Click here for a 2 minute news clip from the USA, showing the health and environment advantages of using Acrastrip in cleaning Paint Shop equipment, and also the cost savings that can be made. If you have problems with the download, then contact Chymera ([email protected]) and we will send you a disc.
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How to Use Acrastrip
Dilute with Water
- Acrastrip is supplied neat, and is diluted with water to various concentrations, dependant upon the application in question.
- Roller cleaning:- 1 part Acrastrip to 2 or 3 parts water. Just immerse the roller and give it a good brushing to clean.
- Chop guns: - 1 part Acrastrip to 2 or 3 parts water for flushing. 1 part Acrastrip to 1 part water to clean outside of guns.
- Gel coat guns: - 1 part Acrastrip to 3 or 4 parts water
- Paint guns: - 1 part Acrastrip to 3 or 4 parts water
- General Cleaning: - 1 part Acrastrip to 1, 2, 3 or 4 parts water.
- Acrastrip works at ordinary room temperature, but for cleaning cured paints and resins, it is better to heat so as to speed the cleaning up. Just dilute neat Acrastrip with hot water and use this!
- Always soak, scrub and rinse. Just like doing the dishes!
- The waste paint, grease, resin, epoxy etc with settle out and can be separated for disposal by simply pouring the top layer off. Just reuse this top layer! The waste is classed as non-hazardous and can be easily drummed up and taken away.
- Acrastrip does not evaporate (like acetone) and lasts much, much longer. Customers say it actually costs less than acetone in real life use as all you do is top up with small amounts and add some more water! Even without doing this, 1 litre of concentrate makes up to 5 litres of cleaning solvent solution.
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