Paint gurus step inside
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Melting Slicks
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From: The Black Hole LA
Paint gurus step inside
I need suggestions on what kind of stripper to use on the urethane body panels. I am not going to strip the fiberglass but would like to strip the bumper-covers, rockers, and gills. Any suggestions.
Race Director
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From: Merritt Ils Fl
Re: Paint gurus step inside (Greg Johnson)
I will be interested in these comments. The painter that did my 85 asked that I not use a stripper,anywhere. I didn't. One shop I talked to said they would not touch the car if I used stripper. Corvette,the American Dream, the TV show did a piece on painting Vettes. Stripper was the prefered method of removing paint on the C1-2and3 (fiberglass) but a no-no on the C-4 and C-5 (SMP). The latter two are sand only. Paint Pros,front and center.
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
Re: Paint gurus step inside (hz900)
Try asking an auto paint store which one to use.
Becareful with strippers they're very toxic. Wear eye protection and rubber gloves. Diztler makes a good stripper its called Diztler Aircraft Stripper.
You can't just paint an airplane you have to strip them. The paint gets heavy so they have a very good stripper.
Let the parts you strip bake out for as long as possible before refinishing.
If you don't the new reducers in the paint will reactivate the stipper and you could get a bubble.
Painting a car is a real skill, just like carpentry, plumbing, cement work, it takes a lot of expierence to get it right.
Good luck. :seeya
Becareful with strippers they're very toxic. Wear eye protection and rubber gloves. Diztler makes a good stripper its called Diztler Aircraft Stripper.
You can't just paint an airplane you have to strip them. The paint gets heavy so they have a very good stripper.
Let the parts you strip bake out for as long as possible before refinishing.
If you don't the new reducers in the paint will reactivate the stipper and you could get a bubble.
Painting a car is a real skill, just like carpentry, plumbing, cement work, it takes a lot of expierence to get it right.
Good luck. :seeya
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Melting Slicks
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From: The Black Hole LA
Re: Paint gurus step inside (redwing76)
Yeah I have painted several already including my vette, just never used a stripper. I always just sanded and painted using the original paint as a base. The bumper covers have a few coats on them and I think I would get a better bond if I stripped them though. I would never use stripper on fiberglass panels though, the stripper can get down into the fibers and ruin it. I just want to do the urethane parts.
Safety Car
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Re: Paint gurus step inside (hz900)
Whe I painted my 85, I sanded it. Somewhere along the way, and I cannot remember the source, told me to never use a chemical stripper. There is a possibility it can get into the urethane and causes the paint to bubble over time. Don't know if it was true, but I wasn't willing to take a chance. Sanding it was not all that bad.
