<VV> paint stripper warning

[Kirby Smith]

True DuPont Corian is Lucite (plexiglass, acrylic) filled with aluminum 
oxide (sapphire).  While extremely durable, there are chemicals which 
attack Lucite, the primary residual componenet of acrylic lacquer paints 
(which  I think GM used in the 60s).  Note the corrspondence here 
between the sink material and paint that paint stripper can strip.  If 
the stripper ingredient (methyl cellusolve?) was able to penetrate the 
acrylic deeply, it could have changed the chemical stucture, as well as 
bleached out the color.

Is this sink embedded in a Corian countertop?  If so, mayby spot repairs 
are possible by your Corian counter guy by drilling out sections and 
replacing with cored fresh material from stock --  a lot of labor.  If a 
stand-alone sink, I vote for replacement.  Either way, the wheels get 
expensive, but the consequences of not doing anything would make any 
married man shudder.  :)

kirby


Harry Yarnell wrote:
> I'm in the doghouse bigtime now. I've ruined our nice new kitchen sink.
> I just bought some Cadillac wheel discs off E-bay, and the clear coat was crazed. So I preceeded to remove it with paint stripper. Has worked well before on clear coated cast wheels , so I thought I'd give it a try, but it's getting cool here in Maryland, so, knowing that paint stripper works better warmer, I took everything into the kitchen, and do the deed in the sink. 
> Bad idea.
> The sink is a bone-color Corian sink. Applying the stripper to the discs with an acid brush worked well,so I allowed any dripage to fall into the sink. Hey, it's water solulable. And rinsed the discs with water and an old toothbrush. The discs were beautiful. 
> But after I rinsed out the sink and allowed it to dry, there were these white blotches in the bottom of the sink that looked just like white paint droppings. Carol was pissed! To say the least.
> I've heard you can wet sand Corian to remove spotting or burns, but this didn't work. At all.
> Now I'm banished to the garage. Things could be worse. :)
> 
> 
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net