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Hi guys. I thought I would share my experience using Cooper Strip club stripper on my 63. Worked GREAT! I was able to strip the whole car in about 11 hours. This included the body, doors, hood, deck lid and rear valance. I'm in my 70's and not really working all that fast anymore. With this product I would soak an area using a spray bottle, walk away for 10 minutes and then come back and use a plastic filler spreader and simply squeegee the paint into a paper towel and then throw that right into a trash can. Then spray some stripper on the area again and used course floor stripper pads that I had cut up and worked the area over again. Wiped clean and then used the flush product that came with the kit to wash the area and neutralize the left over stripper. This product worked so well, I'm wondering how much longer we'll be able to get it. The current strippers available locally are pretty much useless since the gov't forced formula changes. This product comes from New Zealand. Here's a few pics. Marv
How much stripper did you use for the whole car? I have a friend that used it on a set of powdered coated big block valve cover and it worked great also, it was just a little more work.
Fumes are surprisingly not bad. I did this work outdoors anyways to keep my wife happy but there really was no bad toxic smell. However, it did sting if you got it on your skin. Marv
I see it took all the color off the car my question is are you going to remove the primer that is left on the car . My experience with removing paint is that the color comes off much easier that the red oxide primer that seems to be left on your car.. Are you going to paint over the primer that is left on the car ?
Worth a shot.....I just ordered the medium kit, almost 2 gal. of stripper. After spending nearly 4 hrs stripping my hood, 3 paint jobs, and tackling those tight crotches at risk of sanding into the fiber strands, it just seemed the best way. Spendy, but my time and the price of air, materials, and physical fatigue are worth at least that.
Thanks for posting this Marv, I had just purchased this product and was going to start on my 67 this spring/summer. After reading your post I’m ready to jump in!
Pat
My experience with the product pretty much mirrors the video. I didn't really care for the course steel wool that comes with the kit and as mentioned in my post, I used course floor stripper pads that I cut up. Also, I basically squeegeed the paint off of the car which was not done in the video and then went back after it one more time with the stripper pad to finish it up. The remaining primer on the car is very thin. I intend to 180 grit sand the entire car before I primer to give the primer something solid to grip to. This was my intent from the start. Marv
My experience with the product pretty much mirrors the video. I didn't really care for the course steel wool that comes with the kit and as mentioned in my post, I used course floor stripper pads that I cut up. Also, I basically squeegeed the paint off of the car which was not done in the video and then went back after it one more time with the stripper pad to finish it up. The remaining primer on the car is very thin. I intend to 180 grit sand the entire car before I primer to give the primer something solid to grip to. This was my intent from the start. Marv
I think your method with the floor pads is a good one. My '72 has chipped corners on the hood, t-tops, and the like and I'd be concerned about steel wool fibers getting trapped in the rough fiberglass. Coopers looks like a decent product.
Most of the car had 2 coats of paint on it. There was some sections that were factory paint. The product worked about the same on all of the areas. Also, the product clung well to the sides of the car when i was working those areas. I would cover up well if you were to spray it overhead. Marv
Most of the car had 2 coats of paint on it. There was some sections that were factory paint. The product worked about the same on all of the areas. Also, the product clung well to the sides of the car when i was working those areas. I would cover up well if you were to spray it overhead. Marv
I'm striping my 62 Corvette right now. The outside of the car was stripped using grill brick and the inside Cooper's was used. We applied very heavy coats of product and gave it 15 to20 minutes to work them used the steel wool to clean it off. It took the paint and some of the primer so applied more to remove the primer. We ran out of the steel wool so tomorrow will pick up some course floor stripper pads and continue on. I'm pleased with this product.
Marv - Nice work. Your roadster is looking good. Back in the mid 80's when I needed to strip down my 65 Coupe, we used 'Capt Lees Stripper'. Worked well enough but turned out that my 65 Coupe had more bondo than paint or fliberglass so the task got a tad bit complicated.
Mike T - Prescott AZ
I used to have a sand blast business and stripped lot of cars and was surprised what a good looking body would look like when we got the paint and mud off. Once a customer didn't think that was his car. I was fortunate that my Vettes body is as nice as it is.. Still a tremendous amount of work to do.
Coopers Strip Club Stripper
