Metal stripping help
Yukon Cornelius
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: deep in the heart of dixie GEORGIA
RE: Metal stripping help
ORIGINAL: Tony R
I never would have believed it if I hadn't tried it. My boss is an old hot rodder and all his friends are rodders and they told him about it. You will get some gouging if there is bondo. Like I said though I stripped my whole car first with the blade then blasted the rest. One of my painter buddies recomended that I didn't use stripper. He claimed that if you dont get rid of all the stripper it will haunt you later when you try to paint. I tried it any way and it didn't do any thing to the primer except make it a little slimy. It also only took one layer of paint at a time. The blade took all the paint at once and just left the primer. It seemed to work faster for me and I didnt have a bunch of slimy paint all over my garage.
I never would have believed it if I hadn't tried it. My boss is an old hot rodder and all his friends are rodders and they told him about it. You will get some gouging if there is bondo. Like I said though I stripped my whole car first with the blade then blasted the rest. One of my painter buddies recomended that I didn't use stripper. He claimed that if you dont get rid of all the stripper it will haunt you later when you try to paint. I tried it any way and it didn't do any thing to the primer except make it a little slimy. It also only took one layer of paint at a time. The blade took all the paint at once and just left the primer. It seemed to work faster for me and I didnt have a bunch of slimy paint all over my garage.
did you ise the stuff out of the spray can? also if it dries to quick it will not work as good try putting some on then laying plastic wrap over it so it doesnt evaporate as fast also never use the spray can just get the gallon
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Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Vancouver Wa
RE: Metal stripping help
I used the gallon stuf. It was recomended by the paint store. cant remember what brand. It was nasty enough that it ate a hole in the can and leaked all over my garage floor.
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RE: Metal stripping help
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RE: Metal stripping help
Iused one of those wire wheels (or maybe a competitor) a couple days ago to strip the rear wheelhouses on my 66 at the shop that's doing my paint. The cost was $20 for the wire wheel itself. Obviously wear eye and face protection as well as heavy gloves. I don't think each wheelhouse took more than 15 minutes to go right down to the red oxide or bare metal. I didn't notice any heat or distortion because the removal was so fast. I cleaned it up with lacquer thinner and put on some etching primer to await the future layer of fresh undercoating. I'm not sure I'd use it for the body of the car itself but haven't tried personally. A tip would be to adjust the air pressure so that at full throttle, the tool is operating at the right speed. Saves the hassle of constantly feathering the trigger to get the right speed.
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