Comments on: Paint Stripper Challenge.

By: retro-classics – automotive blog » Back to that Fender…

retro-classics – automotive blog » Back to that Fender… — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:43:54 +0000

[...] may remember this fender, being that I only just posted about it recently. Well after all my running about today I figured I might as well be MORE productive and get stuck [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:27:07 +0000

Too late now I suppose, but the best stripper out there is called Candy. no seriously, its called Tergo-strip. A nice layer of that with some thick plastic to seal in the reaction and your back to steel faster than fast.

By: kyteler

kyteler — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:19:03 +0000

I’m not too fussed to be honest. There’s so little panels left that require the work that it’s of no great concern how long they take. If the stripper doesn’t gel then I’ll just wire brush it. A lot of people recommend a wire brush on an angle grinder as opposed to a drill, it would make shorter work or it, I imagine and less strain on the arms too. No big deal though.

Problem here is that it’s such a mixture of bog and bodge jobs that any attempts to strip the paint are hindered by the stripper soaking into a large deposit of filler or by encountering the dreaded “Nu-Tech”.

I should have all the surfaces Etch Primed before the months out then I just have to get on to replacing the holes with steel. Fun times ahead.

By: Eliot

Eliot — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:42:12 +0000

I would reccomend talking to someone from an auto repair place about your method and materials. A good friend of mine was able to strip a number of layers from his XL Falcon’s guards in one attempt, using the glad wrap method you have previously tried. I can ask him the brand of paint stripper if you like? Likely little use now, I suspect. Has Josh from The South mentioned anything? I recall him being involved in this sort of thing