| abstract |
A method for removing paint from metal surfaces by boiling a solvent or solvent mixture and contacting the painted metal surface with the vapors of the solvent or solvent mixture. The solvent may include chlorinated liquid hydrocarbons, hydrogenated aromatic solvents, saturated heterocyclic compounds, surface active agents, imidazole derivatives, alkynyl alcohols, glycol ethers, carboxylic acids, ethanolated alkyl guanidine amine complexes, and aliphatic alcohols. |