removing primer?
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removing primer?
I just started stripping paint of my vette. I am using chemical stripper (Captain Lee's Spra' Strip). It removes the paint pretty well, but not primer.
What is the best (fastest and safest), way to easily remove primer? I was using orbital sander with scotch brite pad but is very time consuming.
Any ideas?
S.
What is the best (fastest and safest), way to easily remove primer? I was using orbital sander with scotch brite pad but is very time consuming.
Any ideas?
S.
Last edited by scyzoryk23; Apr 7, 2012 at 08:47 PM.
Melting Slicks
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220 grit wet sanding using a flexible block ought to get it off there. It will also help assure the stripper is fully neutralized, as well as starting the process of flattening the surface. There is no easy, quick way to remove all the paint yourself.
Melting Slicks
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I disagree with Easy Mike as well. If it's original to the car it is lacquer based and has certainly shrunk considerably as lacquers are wont to do so it isn't stuck to the glass as well as once was. It might not be (probably isn't) chemically compatible with whatever you're about to put on top of it, like Zwede said....if it "blows up" later you'll be out all that time, effort and money. I understand your wanting this to go faster and simpler, but I did not and would not skip a "full strip" if I removed any paint at all.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Working on the car NY
I'm using a razor blade to get the old lacquer paint and (then in the .70's what they called epoxy) primer. IMO, Corvette repaints demand total removal of all paint/primer/sealer down to the bare glass - unless you want problems down the line (or when you lay on the new paint). The only stripper I like is the 
gal I saw outside of Savannah, Ga. in 1968 or 1969 - other than her, you had better make sure none of it seeps in the glass.
gal I saw outside of Savannah, Ga. in 1968 or 1969 - other than her, you had better make sure none of it seeps in the glass.
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If the factory primer is in good shape, their is no real need to strip the body to bare fiberglass. Any good quality primer/surfacer will seal the original primer.
Who is painting the car? You or a professional? If you have having a pro paint the car, then the advice from markids77 is good: contact you painter and see what they have to say.
Who is painting the car? You or a professional? If you have having a pro paint the car, then the advice from markids77 is good: contact you painter and see what they have to say.
