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I always strip outside under a shaded area. No fumes. That's the safe way to go. Not in a garage. I just stripped a GM steel pickup door a couple weeks ago with the old-school MEK stripper. The paint crackled so quickly, it sounded like bacon frying! Did not budge the GM base primer. Two applications and scraped it off with a bondo scraper, done! I could probably have ground the paint off with a mudhog too, but what about the contours? And more importantly, I didn't want to remove the Zinc metal coating.
Urethane is very flexible and can handle the expansion/contraction of the corvette much better. You can get nice depth with modern paints ...And you can buff it to a super-nice shine.
But I do give it to you that lacquer does have a quality of it's own. Esp on solid colors. And it's super-easy to spray. Don't need expensive activators/hardeners or clears. I guess it will probably be garaged most of the time and the OP, Baily, said he wanted anything BUT black. Hey, maybe it's a choice to consider.
OP, what colors are you thinking ..out of curiousity?
I like the color green and I believe Corvettes look great on a nice emerald green or metallic forest green. A 79 Ford metallic green also looks most excellent.
I like the color green and I believe Corvettes look great on a nice emerald green or metallic forest green. A 79 Ford metallic green also looks most excellent.
If your car paint tag says it was originally orange (I think its called Hugger Orange?) I would sure think about going back to that original color. That is a very rare factory color.
If your car paint tag says it was originally orange (I think its called Hugger Orange?) I would sure think about going back to that original color. That is a very rare factory color.
VERYSOON
(Also a Texan)
I believe the Corvette orange in 1969 was Monoco Orange.
Never stripped paint but i think on this forum i saw a thread of someone using the razor blade method AND they were using a heat gun along with it. maybe warming the paint helps it come off easier.
If your car paint tag says it was originally orange (I think its called Hugger Orange?) I would sure think about going back to that original color. That is a very rare factory color.
VERYSOON
(Also a Texan)
Yes as a matter of fact it was Orange.
My Wife is not a fan of the color.
We both agreed green is a nice color for a Corvette. I myself wouldn't mind driving an Orange Vette it truly is a rare sight these days.
I may pull the trigger and go back with it.
Never stripped paint but i think on this forum i saw a thread of someone using the razor blade method AND they were using a heat gun along with it. maybe warming the paint helps it come off easier.
Pat
I will sure look into that when the time comes.
Makes sense that it would help.
I had a green car once ..very green. And the interior was emerald green too. Buick Regal G-body, circa 1980. Nice car, great car, but the green on green became nauseating after a while. I didn't own it very long and that was the last green car I ever had.
I really like the metallic dark orange metallic. Actually I should say, go with the GREEN (people always do the opposite what I recommend lol). I painted a car I redid, burnt orange color, years back, like 1988 lol. It was a ford, Emberglow Poly. They used it on mid-60's Mustangs too. Real beautiful color. It would just come to life when the sun hit it. Got tons of compliments on that car, and I still every once in a while have people remark how they liked that color ...all these years later. It's very similar to the metallic Orange they put on Corvettes. The car was like this (but not my actual car):
As Mark G said if using paint stripper good ventilation is a must. Also safety glasses with a face shield. Heavy duty rubber gloves. Not latex. Long sleeve shirts and pants that you can throw away if you get some stripper on them.
I used to joke the when aircraft stripper was at full strength all you had to do was set the can next to the part being stripped and the paint if it was non-stock (re-paint) it would just start to fall off. OEM paint not so much.
I haven't stripped a fiber glass car but I have stripped a number of sheet metal cars with paint stripper. I do the big areas with stripper staying away from edges, jams and seams. Then using a DA or my sand blaster to clean those up.
I never got the hang of using a razor blade and always used Capt. Lee's until the EPA stepped in and that option went away. Haven't had to strip a car since then and won't going into the future as those days are behind me. If I was to go back down this road I would use a media blast company even if it meant loading the car on a trailer and driving it somewhere.
Yes as a matter of fact it was Orange.
My Wife is not a fan of the color.
We both agreed green is a nice color for a Corvette. I myself wouldn't mind driving an Orange Vette it truly is a rare sight these days.
I may pull the trigger and go back with it.
I have two friends with a green C3 coupe (restored ‘68; clear coat was put on it, and a ‘72). They both look fantastic! Good luck!
We both agreed green is a nice color for a Corvette.
Years ago I used to really like this shade of green but now that I own one that green nit too fond of it. I do like a lite green metallic,Mossport Green is one of the best colors on a Corvette. Usually in time I'll either get used to something I don't care for,or I don't. I've had this 75 for 2 years now,its still isn't working for me.
