Paint stripping with media
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Lapeer MI
Paint stripping with media
3 years ago I brought my "baby" in to get the paint stripped. Richard Newton in his book How to Restore & Modify Your Corvette, recomends taking the car to the media blaster over using a chemical stripper.
Just a word of caution: BE SURE you know the media blaster will do a good job, and make sure they can fix any problems they create if they mess something up.
Now three years later when I'm ready to paint, I will be paying a lot of money to have body put back into good condtion again. I didn't know at the time he removed too much. The media blaster is out of business now. I have no recourse.
BTW: I'm going with white pearl like Cadillac uses and will have a blueish/purple color changing stripe down the middle.
I should have the car done soon. Here are a list of mods...
zz502
March Performance surpentine conversion
Hooker side exhaust
Monoleaf front and back
Tubular A-arms
Steeroids rack and pinon
Shark bar
Corbeau seats
Autometer guages
Carbon fiber half shafts
Boze Forged 3 peice wheels
DeWitts aluminum radiator w/ dual spals
Precision Brakes Company - Willwood racing brakes all around
MSD 6AL
Offset trailing arms
Poly bushings
L-88 hood
Willwood master cylinder
Line locks
Just a word of caution: BE SURE you know the media blaster will do a good job, and make sure they can fix any problems they create if they mess something up.
Now three years later when I'm ready to paint, I will be paying a lot of money to have body put back into good condtion again. I didn't know at the time he removed too much. The media blaster is out of business now. I have no recourse.
BTW: I'm going with white pearl like Cadillac uses and will have a blueish/purple color changing stripe down the middle.
I should have the car done soon. Here are a list of mods...
zz502
March Performance surpentine conversion
Hooker side exhaust
Monoleaf front and back
Tubular A-arms
Steeroids rack and pinon
Shark bar
Corbeau seats
Autometer guages
Carbon fiber half shafts
Boze Forged 3 peice wheels
DeWitts aluminum radiator w/ dual spals
Precision Brakes Company - Willwood racing brakes all around
MSD 6AL
Offset trailing arms
Poly bushings
L-88 hood
Willwood master cylinder
Line locks
