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 Craig Torrens
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| posted on November 24th, 2003 at 09:40 PM |
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Removing paint from fibreglass ?
My J&S buggy probably has 10 different coats of paint over the original gelcoat What is the best way to remove?
Can you use paint stripper?
40 grad on the orbital does bugger all, or should I use a sanding disk on a grinder/drill/ air tool thingy !
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| posted on November 25th, 2003 at 05:23 AM |
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I think you will find that the paint stripper will eat into the fibreglass
Looks like youve got a lot of sanding to do,
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on November 25th, 2003 at 08:33 AM |
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bugger
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| posted on November 25th, 2003 at 09:03 AM |
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Ring DICK hes got a masters degree in Fibreglass. ????
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 posted on November 25th, 2003 at 09:23 AM |
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whoooaaaahhhh!!!!
Before you attack the fibreglass body with any chemicals or sand paper, go talk to a panel shop or fibreglass mob.
Orbitals, and disc sanders are a sure fire way to destroy your buggy, they will make the whole thing look as smooth as a plastecine sculpture,
Including all those wobbly bits.
I would be much more keen on using thinners to disolve the paint, and just do a little at a time.
Thinners should disolve the paint but not affect the fibre glass, I am thinking acrylic paint.....if the paint is 2 pak then I am not too sure what
you should use.
But even paint stripper should be ok, but do it one small section at a time, like a 2 foot size section, so it doesnt get away from you and eat too
deeply, I would do a test on a piece that cant be seen too well just to make sure.
The big thing here is to ensure that all the lovely work that went into the original buggy mold doent get wrecked and leave you with either A. a
Shitload of panelwork to do afterwards or B. a stuffed Buggy.
And be sure if you do use paint stripper that you wash it all down after you finish each bit so that the water deactivates the paint stripper, you
dont want it working its nasty little magic on your buggy while you are sleeping.
Just test it out on a little spot, and if the buggy has a good body underneath and you like the colour of the gelcoat, you can just polish it up and
dont worry about the painting.
I would hate to see a buggy ruined by trial and error, throw the power tools away, they make more work than they save.
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| posted on November 25th, 2003 at 11:16 AM |
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i bought a paint stripper in a spray form from my local auto shop. cheaper then real stripper, and it only seems to remove one layer at a time as it
is not too strong, so maybe u could use that sorta stuff, wouldnt penetrate as far as the glass?
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| posted on November 25th, 2003 at 09:14 PM |
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or you could try a citrus based thinner
I recently used some on some rubbers with out any problems. I agree that it would be best that if you did try some kind of thinner it would be wise to
use it on a non visible part of the body any ways best of luck, hope you get it sorted. |
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on November 25th, 2003 at 09:30 PM |
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Thanks everybody, I tried some paint stripper , I was wrong about how many coats of paint, there's about 15 !!!
purple,red,yellow,green,red,blue,orange..............finally red again !
I'm using it in small sections, seems to be working OK.:thumb
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on November 25th, 2003 at 09:31 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vw54
Ring DICK hes got a masters degree in Fibreglass. ????
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 I thought he was a Tax Agent :jesus
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| posted on November 26th, 2003 at 05:32 AM |
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I ask someone else who might know and they said same as me.... but with the added chance that whatever you put back on the fibreglass might lift
again as the stripper eats into the glass and hides there untill something new is added
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| posted on November 26th, 2003 at 09:48 AM |
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you could use a strip disc on a 8"sander,will take alot of coats of,just be carefull let the disc do the work,then i would sand the last
couple,you want to end up with straight panels not with grooves in them,paint stripper could give you trouble when preparing for the new paint,use a
soft steelwool and multi thinners and rub it all off,plus this will help remove the paint without scrappers,
its messy,good luck... |
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