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Stripped for paint |
watsonrx13 |
Apr 14 2007, 08:34 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
Well, I finally finished prepping the car for paint. I have a local painter that has agreed to paint my car, so to save money he requested that I strip the paint down to metal. He'll do the minor body work, primer, base-coat, clear-coat. I'm suppose to take it by tomorrow (Sunday), but I'll have wait until the front passes by.
It taken me about 40 hrs to remove all of the paint. I started after work last Thursday, all day Friday (Good friday holiday), Saturday, Sunday and today. This is the only body repair needed. It had about 1/2" of bondo at the deepest. It took me 5 hrs to strip this door. There's also some body work to be done on the rear quarter panel. After stripping I used Ospho to protect the metal, then painted a light coat of etch primer, per the painter's requirements... Here's why it's taken me so long to strip the car, I didn't have a large enough air tank to run the DA, so I strip everything with this electric hand drill with 3M purple sanding discs. For the next teener to be painted, I'm going to buy an electric DA sander.... Here's an in process shot... After spending 10 hrs today finishing the stripping I forgot to take any pictures of the completely naked teener.... I'll take pics before I drop it off at the painters.... BTW, I'm enjoying several nice Black-n-Tan beers today and tomorrow and looking forward to doing NO WORK on the teener tomorrow... -- Rob |
914rrr |
Apr 14 2007, 10:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,835 Joined: 1-July 03 From: Knoxville, TN Member No.: 874 Region Association: South East States |
Lookin' good, Rob! In case you do another strip job, somebody (can't remember the mfg's name) makes a sweet scotchbrite style strip disc that attaches to 4 1/2" grinders. I bought them at Lowes. They were the only thing that would take massive layers of old paint off of concrete steps.
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dobbs |
Apr 14 2007, 10:51 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 3-April 07 From: Dallas TX Member No.: 7,642 |
Lookin' good, Rob! In case you do another strip job, somebody (can't remember the mfg's name) makes a sweet scotchbrite style strip disc that attaches to 4 1/2" grinders. I bought them at Lowes. They were the only thing that would take massive layers of old paint off of concrete steps. Tell me more about the scotchbrite disc. (item number?) I've just started prepping my car for paint and looking for an easy way to strip. tabby |
914rrr |
Apr 15 2007, 09:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,835 Joined: 1-July 03 From: Knoxville, TN Member No.: 874 Region Association: South East States |
Lookin' good, Rob! In case you do another strip job, somebody (can't remember the mfg's name) makes a sweet scotchbrite style strip disc that attaches to 4 1/2" grinders. I bought them at Lowes. They were the only thing that would take massive layers of old paint off of concrete steps. Tell me more about the scotchbrite disc. (item number?) I've just started prepping my car for paint and looking for an easy way to strip. tabby I found a spare one out in the garage. It is called: Gator Grit Paint and Rust Remover , #9483, 4 1/2" x 7/8" by Ali Industries. I got mine at Lowes, but I saw it listed on an Ace Hardware site as well. I found that they work best and last longer if you use light pressure. If you lean on it hard, it goes away pretty quick. Link to Mfg. below. Item is at very bottom of the webpage: http://www.gatorgrit.com/productpower.htm# I have no realtionship to the vendor, just sharing something that worked for me. |
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