Stripper pics
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Stripper pics
Hows that for a title! Here are a few pics of what me and another forum member have been up to lately...
This all started with the acceptance of a Christmas give away by another member who owns a paint and body shop...you all may remember this...The first part of this project is complete and now the car is on the way to the booth to visit the real pros
I just thought you might want to see some of this chem process.
The stripper is bix, bought from the local HW store and it is very impressive...works very well...neutralizes very quickly with water or lacquer thinner...usually took me two applications to get to what you see and the plastic was very helpful in preventing the stripper from drying out.
If you do this, there are two versions of Bix, the wrong one is NOT fiberglass friendly. So do your homework...fortunately I knew this already.
Before.....
During....
After...
Time to go...
This all started with the acceptance of a Christmas give away by another member who owns a paint and body shop...you all may remember this...The first part of this project is complete and now the car is on the way to the booth to visit the real pros
I just thought you might want to see some of this chem process.
The stripper is bix, bought from the local HW store and it is very impressive...works very well...neutralizes very quickly with water or lacquer thinner...usually took me two applications to get to what you see and the plastic was very helpful in preventing the stripper from drying out.
If you do this, there are two versions of Bix, the wrong one is NOT fiberglass friendly. So do your homework...fortunately I knew this already.
Before.....
During....
After...
Time to go...
Last edited by vettepilot68; Feb 11, 2007 at 10:04 PM.
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So what do you do...just spread it out, cover it up then peel it off?!?!?!
That chit looks like it takes alot of the bloody knuckle work out of stripping a car!!!
P.S. I knew there were no strippers...but I had to look!!!
That chit looks like it takes alot of the bloody knuckle work out of stripping a car!!!P.S. I knew there were no strippers...but I had to look!!!
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I've used some stuff like that (called Peel-Away, I think) to remove bottom paint from a boat. We were working on a 30 foot boat in a shop that had a heated floor. We followed the instructions, but because of the heated floor everything dried up very quickly. We had a 30 foot mess... bottom line, keep an eye on it and don't let it dry.
We ended up putting more paint remover over the dried stuff from the first coat and it all came away pretty cleanly. It's a little messy, but beats sanding, etc.
Nice job on the Vette!!
kdlp
We ended up putting more paint remover over the dried stuff from the first coat and it all came away pretty cleanly. It's a little messy, but beats sanding, etc.
Nice job on the Vette!!
kdlp
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That looks great, the only thing that bugs me about the chemicals is I'd be paranoid about some residue embedding some place and returning after a few years to lift that beautiful paint job in a few places, after all that expense and hard work.
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...969body008.jpg
My car is just hanging around waiting on me to come work on it
Great narration on the strip work.
My car is just hanging around waiting on me to come work on it
Great narration on the strip work.
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I've used stripper on other cars and have bordered on being **** retentive to make sure I got rid of every bit of stripper!
Hehehe, vettepilot your car looks like it was torched! Can't wait to see pics when it's sprayed. I remember the Christmas giveaway but who's spraying it again?
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...969body008.jpg
My car is just hanging around waiting on me to come work on it
Great narration on the strip work.
My car is just hanging around waiting on me to come work on it
Great narration on the strip work.
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Hey! that car in the avatar took 3rd place in show just 2 weeks ago in the cub scout derby! It probably would have one first place in speed but during one of the races the car next to it pulled a Brian Vickers and the judges didnt re-reun the race
