Razor Blade Method
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Ok, here's where I am (what's funny is that every time you do something, new questions pop up).
So I'm using a heat gun and a razor blade and it's coming off pretty easily.
This car has a coat of primer over the original two tone SA paint and the paint underneath is worn, but so much better than the primer.
I have two questions. Flat surfaces are easy, convex surfaces are easy, but what do you do about concave surfaces like around the wheel?
Also, what can I do to "attempt" to bring the original paint back? Wet sand? Compound?
I know it's still gonna look like ****, but it will actually look better than gray primer.
After I try to bring the paint back, I MAY leave it that way.
Here are some pix...
So I'm using a heat gun and a razor blade and it's coming off pretty easily.
This car has a coat of primer over the original two tone SA paint and the paint underneath is worn, but so much better than the primer.
I have two questions. Flat surfaces are easy, convex surfaces are easy, but what do you do about concave surfaces like around the wheel?
Also, what can I do to "attempt" to bring the original paint back? Wet sand? Compound?
I know it's still gonna look like ****, but it will actually look better than gray primer.
After I try to bring the paint back, I MAY leave it that way.
Here are some pix...
The way your paint just rolled off is the opposite of mine, mine was like a extremely dry? paint job and flaked off with the blade.
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