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Posted by: Highland Jun 26 2017, 04:36 PM

I was just wondering if anyone has ever used this tool. The demo videos make it seem very easy to strip a car of unwanted old paint.

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-contour-sct.html

Posted by: cn2800 Jun 26 2017, 05:55 PM

I wonder if it works well for undercoating.

Posted by: rgalla9146 Jun 26 2017, 06:59 PM

Check out the cost of the various abrasive drums.

Posted by: mepstein Jun 26 2017, 07:15 PM

We have one at the shop. It works pretty well but tools always look better in the manufacturers videos.

Posted by: john77 Jun 27 2017, 12:46 AM

I was looking at the sct but decided against it because the drums were so damn expensive. Ended up getting a Porter Cable restorer instead. It's pretty much the same thing, only it's half the price and the black stripping drums are $20 instead of $60. I stripped 3/4 of a car last year using drills, angle grinders, air grinders, and every type of attachment imaginable and the quick test I did with the restorer took paint off better than anything I've ever used before. Not saying it's a miracle cure, it still takes time, but I was impressed with how quick it tore through paint and a layer of bondo down to bare metal.

Posted by: mgphoto Jun 27 2017, 12:11 PM

Wurth DBS 3600, a bit pricey.
Many different brushes.
Other vendors have the same unit priced less. Dent-Fix
Mike

Posted by: Highland Jun 27 2017, 01:58 PM

Thanks for all the input.

The Porter seems like a more affordable option.

Eastwood says you can do a small car like the 914 with 2 black drums. I was expecting more like 10+ drums. Does 2 or 3 sound reasonable?

Posted by: Garland Jun 27 2017, 04:37 PM

I think that would depend on how much paint has been put on the car.

Posted by: restore2seater Jun 27 2017, 07:03 PM

The guy is a little long winded but might want to check this review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dji1-hYqwNU

Posted by: ConeDodger Jun 27 2017, 07:28 PM

Not to mention the possibility of going through one of those drums every fifteen minutes or so...

Posted by: Matty900 Jun 27 2017, 09:40 PM

I used the Eastwood pneumatic Rotary Removal tool last Friday to do this. I would highly recommend it if you have a compressor to run it off of (7CFM [100L/min]
It was great for getting through all of that seam sealer.


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Posted by: 914forme Jun 29 2017, 06:59 AM

Dynabrade - DynaZip

Less than the Worth, more than the Eastwood, Eastwood did not have theirs out when I purchased this unit.



Use it all the time, cleans up welds if your using flux-core, which I only do on large thick metals. Strips seams sealer like, it is not even there, only tool I have found that does that. It will just cut into it, and start flinging little bits of it, until you are down to clean metal and have a huge pile of that seam sealer on the floor.

Undercoating, not an issue

Proper tool for the job, I need to start a business just to cover my tool costs, as a hobby this is way to expensive.