They do have garages in Wisconsin don't they? If you need a polishing fix that bad I suppose you could rent one! d8^) WAM ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 1:55 PM Subject: [VAC] Re: Hello! > Hello, > > I have stripped the clearcoat off my 68 Sovereign and feel the method I used > saved my seals and other items from being destroyed by the stripper. I used > Bix and a number of other strippers, they all seamed to be about the same > except the environmentally safe ones, they didn't work worth a hoot. (or I > didn't have the patience to wait them out) . I used the gel type so that I > could control where it went. Paint it on a panel at a time and use a plastic > putty knife or scraper to get it off. To clean the residue off I wiped the > area with lacquer thinner and it leaves the surface ready to polish. I did > not wash the stripper off like a lot of others on this list have because I > did not want it to work its way between the panels or run into the window > seals. My way may used a large amount of old rags and newspapers but I don't > have leaks from THIS process. > > When you get the clear coat off its now time to polish, oh the fun of it. I > call it therapy! A number of us have tied all different way of doing this, I > call it polishing voodoo. I have gone the DuPont way even tried Mothers and > other aluminum polishes, the one that works and holds up if you do not want > to reapply the clear coat is Rolite products. They are located in Hartland, > WI, you can also purchase it at airstreamdreams.com, good people. Get a > quality buffer and good pads, don't mess around with "cheap imitations." Be > ready to spend a lot of hours and plan on getting real dirty. The end result > is really cool, try it. I love watching people look at themselves as they > pass me on the road. > > Good luck, > Ed > WBCCI/VAC 4425 > 68 Sovereign > ( just waiting until winter ends and polishing begins) > > > > To unsubscribe or to change to a daily Digest, please go to > http://www.airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html > > If replying back to this message, please delete all the unnecessary original > text from your reply. > > To unsubscribe or to change to a daily Digest, please go to http://www.airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html If replying back to this message, please delete all the unnecessary original text from your reply.
