Paint layer removal - Rat style

surreyp Casual Dubber

45 posts · joined Jan 2011 · 29 Oct 2013, 8:26 am

#973916

Hey all the experts out there running rats, my van is ex air force and has been resprayed. The respray is flaking off showing some interesting original symbols, which might be good to keep.

So how do I get the repray off and get down to the original airforce paintjob?

No Dunes Seriously Crusin Dubber

196 posts · joined Feb 2010 · 29 Oct 2013, 7:07 pm

#973960

oven cleaner

surreyp Casual Dubber

45 posts · joined Jan 2011 · 30 Oct 2013, 4:53 pm

#974036

No Dunes wrote:oven cleaner

Thanks I will give that a try, Ive seen some good results over on DSK, I will have to see if I have the patience to do the whole bus!

Perezoso Commited Dubber

59 posts · joined Oct 2012 · 1 Nov 2013, 7:49 pm

#974184

I believe there was an article in one of the latest Vw mags about a guy getting a kombi from Texas and taking it back to the UK and stripping it back. I'll search for it and let you know ASAP. It was a red kombi I believe.

Dan

72 super beetle
74 rat panel van

evsky Seriously Crusin Dubber

125 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 12 Nov 2013, 6:11 am

#974940

If you decide to use oven cleaner get easy off not mr muscle they have different ingredients mr muscle doesn't work at all. You might be best to scrape it off. Iv just taken a coat of grey back to the original blue on my 55 split by scraping then easy off to get the primer off underneath.. It's very very very time consuming but worth the effort.

Klaus Custom Title Time!

1,439 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 18 Nov 2013, 7:48 am

#975489

Try a gerni first had good success with quick flakey paint removal