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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 |
IronHillRestorations |
Jun 10 2007, 05:52 PM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,724 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None |
I like the 3M Bristle discs over the scotchbrite discs. But I don't like mechanical stripping as well as chemical. I do mask the seams and gaps so the chemical stripper doesn't get where you don't want it to go, and then mechanically strip the edges with the bristle discs.
I prefer the stripper method. I have found if you lay out the stripper in one heavy coat, in single brush strokes (don't go brush over it a second time), and then cover the wet stripper with a piece of heavy clear plastic, it works very well. Leave it alone for at least a half hour. This is the problem I've seen with chemical stripping, is impatience and trying to "help" the stripper. Let it work and then do it again if needed. Less time and mess. The dust is worse than the stripper sludge. I lay down cardboard and masking paper in the drop zone, and throw that away as I go. |
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