Razor blading off old paint
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Razor blading off old paint
Hey buddies,
Moving along so I get this project done this year
, getting off the last bits and pieces of the old lacquer paint that I put on in the late 70's..
Here's the paint scraped off the hood
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The hood now left with just the old primer
The door took a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes to do
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Now on to doing the hardtop
Moving along so I get this project done this year
, getting off the last bits and pieces of the old lacquer paint that I put on in the late 70's.. Here's the paint scraped off the hood
[/URL]The hood now left with just the old primer
The door took a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes to do
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Now on to doing the hardtop
Last edited by TWINRAY; Feb 7, 2011 at 11:39 AM.
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Hi John,
Back in '76 when I did the 1st paint job on it (this will be the 2nd), I stripped it down to bare fiberglass. One thing good about the old lacquer paint is how easily it flakes off with a razor blade. Doubt I could do the same with the current 2 pack paints.
Back in '76 when I did the 1st paint job on it (this will be the 2nd), I stripped it down to bare fiberglass. One thing good about the old lacquer paint is how easily it flakes off with a razor blade. Doubt I could do the same with the current 2 pack paints.
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The old paint on my '68 came off in long ribbons. I got into a head thing trying to see how long of a ribbon I could create. 33" was the best I could do and figured I got lucky on that one.
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I heard you can sweep it up off of the floor and put it in a blender with some lacquer thinner. From there straight to the spray gun.
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is the front end off your car, i see the left front fender is partially off, what year is your car, dont want to be trouble, but i would like to see the the firewall and fender plenum areas if exposed, or if anyone else has picks of these areas i would like to compare to my 73, i think some stuff is missing after a previous crappy repair
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Just a regular ol Single edge razor blade - see the 4th photo with the blade on the cardboard.
There is a slight technique. Start with the blade at 90 degrees and "pull" a section toward you so a line of paint is removed. Then with the blade at a more extreme angle, keep the tip along the line of removed paint. You should then be able to "flick off" about a foot at a time.
There is a slight technique. Start with the blade at 90 degrees and "pull" a section toward you so a line of paint is removed. Then with the blade at a more extreme angle, keep the tip along the line of removed paint. You should then be able to "flick off" about a foot at a time.
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I am slowly scraping my black laquer off, a little bit at a time between beers. Biggest pain is cleaning all the crap up off the shop floor, those long ribbons keep clogging up the shop vac! I plan on using epoxy primer to seal the body back after I redo all the fender seams, they are starting to separate as well.