Reject & Salvage Stripping

Salvage Rejected Painted Parts with the Kolene® Recover® Process

Coated aluminum wheels fixtured for Kolene Recover paint stripping

Kolene® Recover® is a mid-temperature (250–325 °F) organic fluid that removes cured paint, powder, and e-coat finishes. Its advantages include multi-metal compatibility, allowing for a wide variety of components to be stripped with a single process. Compatibility and finish depend on the metal, the coating, and the process. On compatible metals under controlled process conditions, polished surfaces are virtually unaffected, which is especially important when removing clear-coat finishes from polished components.

We provide commercial processing (jobbing) of your reject components at our Detroit plant. Our Recover coating removal service specializes in reclaiming high-value, difficult-to-strip components for automotive, appliance, building products, hardware, and other industries. See Commercial Processing.

Examples of components reclaimed with Recover include:

  • aluminum wheels
  • zinc die castings
  • galvanized steel auto trim
  • aluminum auto trim
  • parts for metal restoration
Equipment

Recover®

Literature

New Process Doubles Productivity for Auto Supplier

When Good Parts Coat Bad: Stripping Reject Components to Salvage Profits

Corporate Overview

Products

Recover® 5000
Recover® 5000 E Stripper
Recover® Reactivator

Other applications

Strip paint and coatings

Clean castings and engine parts

Descale and remove lubricants

Also see Marine Applications, Military Applications, and Support Products (hex chrome treatment, brightening agents, and sludge management).

Have parts like these? Tell us the alloy, the coating or residue, and your volume, and we will recommend a salt, a system, or processing at our Detroit plant.

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