Paint & Coating Removal
Laser stripping takes paint, powder coat, and industrial coatings off layer by layer with pinpoint control — down to bare metal or down to the primer, your call, with the substrate untouched either way.
Flaking enamel to bare steel, no blasting. Drag the slider.
How is laser stripping different from blasting or chemical strippers?
Blasting is all-or-nothing: it takes the coating and a layer of your substrate with it, warps thin sheet metal, and blankets everything nearby. Chemical strippers are slow, messy, and soak into seams where they keep working long after you wanted them to stop. The laser removes coatings one layer at a time — you can stop at primer, stop at e-coat, or go to bare metal — and it only works where it's pointed. No masking marathon, no overspray zone, no stripper residue bleeding out of joints later.
What coatings come off?
- Paint and enamel, single or many layers deep
- Powder coat — one of the hardest coatings to strip any other way
- E-coat, primers, and factory finishes
- Industrial epoxies and urethanes
When does precision matter?
Weld prep is a good example: laser cleaning strips coating exactly along the weld line and leaves the rest of the finish intact, so there's no re-coating a whole assembly to fix one seam. Selective stripping on fabrication, repair, and refinishing work is where the laser saves the most time and money.
Frequently asked questions
Can a laser remove powder coat?
Yes — powder coat is one of laser stripping’s best use cases, because it resists chemical strippers and blasting risks warping the part underneath. The laser lifts it layer by layer and stops clean at the metal.
Will stripping paint by laser warp thin sheet metal?
No. There’s no impact force and heat input is localized to the coating layer, so panels, hoods, and thin fabrications keep their shape — a common failure mode with blasting.
Can you strip just part of a surface?
Yes, to the millimeter. Weld lines, damaged patches, or a single component of an assembly can be stripped while everything around it keeps its finish.
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Tell us about the job — photos help. Firm quote within 24 hours, and if laser isn't the right tool, we'll say so.