First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... David, Good comments. I've pretty much gone the same route as you in the past, but I really hate using paint stripper. It's just so wicked on the human body and you've got to be careful with it. Since it's cold now, it's also slow working. I've also used the Roloc discs for nooks, crannies etc. I like them, but they can create wows in metal, so I try to avoid them for exterior surfaces. I'm still interested to hear if anyone has done the braided wire wheel trick on the outside of their car. Yup, I'd like to hear form old Daniel...... Is this the same Daniel that I sent a #16 head to a few years back? Regards, Old Joe In a message dated 12/5/2009 7:45:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Joe, For a whole exterior my best experience to date is aircraft stripper, stout rubber gloves, with some steel wool, sanding and cursing. Don't sandblast large areas - you're almost guaranteed to get some warpage! I also like the 3M "Roloc" disks on a right angle air die grinder. They actually work very well and can strip it off a lot faster than you might think. I stripped the entire engine bay on my '67 to bare metal in a couple of hours. I bet Daniel Ray can give you some suggestions - he's a good paint & body man. Good Luck! David ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, December 5, 2009 10:01:29 PM Subject: [FGF] Best paint removal method? First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Gents, So I need to remove the paint on my current project car. I've done a few of these over the years and I've used a variety of methods. Usually it's been paint stripper with some sanding and cursing. This time I'm considering trying using a 6" braided wire wheel in a standard el cheapo harbor freight grinder. That's what I used on the door jams, valence panel and the underside of the trunk lid on my convert. I also used it on the wheel wells, firewall and underside of that car. I did a couple of 6" spots on the outside of the front fenders and it seems to work fine. I've never tried this on a whole car. Anyone out there have experience with this? I would like to know if there is any downside. So far I don't see any downside other than the noise and the couple of grinders I'm likely to kill. I'm estimating about an hour or so per outside of each body panel. I was concerned about heat build up causing warping, but in the areas I've tried, the panel is barely luke warm (in my 50 degree garage). Please let me know what ya'll think. I'd love to just pay a couple of college kids that are on Christmas vacation to come and do it. I also tried the razor blade trick. It works great on some body panels and not at all on others since the car has been partially repainted at least twice. Oh yea, this is my 68 GTO clone wagon... Sorry, it's right next to my 68 bird that is in primer and waiting to be painted. I'd love to paint them at the same time. Old Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
