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Old Joe,
The stripper/cheapo disc method has worked best for us on our 67
Firebird father/son project.
I wanted to check out your 68 bird, it looks great. From your profile
you only live few miles from us in Warwick. I will try to contact you
privately to expand our network. we probably know many of the same local
gearheads.
Tom Bernache
Warwick
67 Firebird Coupe. 400 clone
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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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
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