I am in the process of refurbing some 108s. They were corroded on the inners and quite badly kerbed so I thought I better get them back to bare metal. In my shed I found a tin of paint stripper from Focus (remember them?) which must have sat there for 10 years. Reading the label it said it contained dichloromethane (also known as methylene chloride) and methanol, remembering Nitromors had the same chemicals I started stripping the wheels with it.
All was going reasonably well until I ran out of the Focus paint stripper and discovered that dichloromethane was now banned for home use from 2011.
I remembered then that Machine Monkey said that Nitromors wouldn't touch his wheels when he was refurbing his. Also, have you seen the price of Nitromors? £9.50 for 375ml 
After a bit of research I came across someone who'd used B&Q's own stripper. It contains Benzyl Alcohol and is just under £3 for 500ml. You have to follow the instructions by leaving it for an hour and then applying a second coat but it does soften the lacquer and paint enough to be able to remove with a wire brush in an electric drill. Also, it doesn't burn your skin like the old Nitromors. For some reason it's slightly cheaper to buy 2X 500ml rather than 1ltr :?
All was going reasonably well until I ran out of the Focus paint stripper and discovered that dichloromethane was now banned for home use from 2011.
I remembered then that Machine Monkey said that Nitromors wouldn't touch his wheels when he was refurbing his. Also, have you seen the price of Nitromors? £9.50 for 375ml After a bit of research I came across someone who'd used B&Q's own stripper. It contains Benzyl Alcohol and is just under £3 for 500ml. You have to follow the instructions by leaving it for an hour and then applying a second coat but it does soften the lacquer and paint enough to be able to remove with a wire brush in an electric drill. Also, it doesn't burn your skin like the old Nitromors. For some reason it's slightly cheaper to buy 2X 500ml rather than 1ltr :?
