Automotive Component Stripping for Wheels, Panels & Engine Parts

Media blasting is fast, but it's the wrong tool for sheetmetal body panels, cast aluminum wheels, and anything with machined surfaces or tight tolerances. Chemical stripping removes the coating without touching the underlying metal — the same panel can be stripped, repaired, and refinished without losing any material. Strip Tech Solutions is a Kentucky-based stripping specialist operating out of McKee, KY.

What we handle

  • Cast and forged aluminum wheels — clear coat, color, and primer removal down to bare metal
  • Steel and aluminum body panels — doors, hoods, fenders, quarter panels
  • Engine blocks, heads, valve covers, and intake manifolds
  • Frames, subframes, and suspension components
  • Vintage restoration parts where substrate preservation is paramount

Why chemical over blasting

Blast media warps thin-gauge sheetmetal — period. Any body shop that's tried to strip a door skin with a blaster has seen the oil-can waves it leaves behind. Chemical stripping removes that risk entirely. Body panels come back flat and ready for bodywork.

On wheels, chemical stripping gets into the spokes and undercut areas that blast media never fully reaches. You get a uniform bare substrate across the entire wheel face, not a mixed surface that telegraphs through the new clear coat.

Restoration-grade substrate preservation

Vintage and collector vehicles often have NOS or hard-to-source panels where substrate preservation determines whether the part can be reused. Our ST-50 formula uses pH-controlled bath chemistry specifically to protect thin sheetmetal, pot metal trim, and aluminum castings while fully removing decades of paint, primer, and body filler.

Parts come back clean, dry, and ready for epoxy primer — no flash rust, no chemical residue that interferes with adhesion.

OEM rework and warranty returns

We support OEM and Tier 1 automotive suppliers on rework and warranty-return programs — mis-coated parts, color-change orders, and coating-defect returns. Standard 24–48 hour turnaround scales to batch runs of thousands of components per week.

Got a set of wheels, a stack of panels, or a restoration project?

Send us a parts list or photos — we'll turn around a quote the same day.

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