penny for your thoughts

[desertmonkey]

;)After sanding some areas of the body I am considering trying this aircraft paint stripper than sanding by hand the spots that I miss. I would wipe the body down and blow dry it afterwards. I got some body filling to do and than on with the primer. Any suggestions? Maybe a trip to the local library also? I haven't painted a car in 40 plus years.

[madkaw]

Might give us some more info so we can help. Paint stripper should be left to jobs where the paint is not sandable. In the most part a factory primer will be in good enough shape to feather out and reprime. If you start down the road of paint stripper you will have to go to bare metal and PROPERLY recoat the base metal. Don't use paint stripper if you think it will be faster then sanding, use paint stripper because it is necessary.

[desertmonkey]

pics are on Photobucket in Perplexed but the car was red originally when we bought her she was dark cherry metallic. We sanded the body and tried to rattle can the primer. So now we wheeled some areas down to bare metal and she looks like a speckled trout. Perhaps I must wet sand by hand and than shoot the primer with a gravity gun and my compressor.

[psdenno]

If there is already some body filler on your car, there's a good chance the chemical stripper will soften it so you'll have that issue to deal with also. I've used stripper on a car and it's not necessarily an easy alternative to sanding.

You'll need to make sure areas you don't want to strip are protected from the chemical stripper - like the engine compartment and a few hard to get at places around the door openings. If they get chemical drips or runs, you'll be in for much more work trying to touch up.

I'm not sure I'd use stripper again. I've heard of people removing all the paint with razor blades and that intrigues me. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't use stripper, just be aware of what can happen and read up on the process.

Dennis

[IdahoKidd]

My car went to bare metal. The painter didn't want to trust someone elses bondo (was none though). He used an over the counter product from the hardware store and then a plastic scrapper and scraped the sludge off, then washed it down with water. It went quite fast and no dust.

[Z train]

Aircraft stripper works well.And water washes it off.Blow dry and sand and get it in primer.