I’ve never chemically stripped one, only sand or bead blasted if I took old paint off. If it’s intact I just prep it the best I can and paint over.
Dan > On Mar 28, 2018, at 10:19 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I used airplane stripper to get down to bare metal. It is a huge PITA, as it > needs to be kept covered long enough for the product to work. > > Do not sand blast. A person could soda blast it or bead/walnut. > > Now, the biggest removal need I have is getting brake debris/dust to go away. > Brass wheel can do a great job scuffing through that. Then work up the > abrasive paper tree to 400 grit. > > clay > > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1986 SDL - Polei > 1982 300 SD - Allen > > retired models- > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap > 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > >> On Mar 28, 2018, at 7:08 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Clay, Dan: what do you use to strip the old paint? >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> '95 E300 >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
