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 Doolang
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| posted on January 17th, 2009 at 06:18 PM |
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Paint The Beetle
Hello fellow v dubers
What would be the best way to remove the paint on the beetle back to bare metal, orbital sander ? is so do i need the wet and dry sand pads , or will
dry be ok.
I need to sand back to bare metal because i have some nice paint flakes that are already back to bare metal and i also have some paint bubble , i
assume bog under neath.
Any help with how to get the bug back to bare metal would be appreciated.
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newghia
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| posted on January 17th, 2009 at 07:36 PM |
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Try a quick strip type disk on a grinder, looks like a very open grain round plastic scourer,
available from any good auto paint supplier.
Step up to get out !!!
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grogy
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| posted on January 17th, 2009 at 07:37 PM |
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one panel shop told me, they cover the car in paint stripper, then high pressure water blast outside
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Doolang
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| posted on January 17th, 2009 at 07:52 PM |
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Thanks , ill give the strip disc a go and see how that comes up.
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alien8
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| posted on January 17th, 2009 at 11:04 PM |
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Paint stripper,then strip-it disc's. The reason for this is you can get the bulk of the colour off with the stripper so when you sand it your not
getting as much dust flying around.
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Doolang
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| posted on January 17th, 2009 at 11:06 PM |
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Whats a good paint stripper you would suggest
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| posted on January 17th, 2009 at 11:12 PM |
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i`m doing this at the moment ,i used a strip-it disk as well as some flap discs on my grinder ,then finished it off with my orbital using 36 grit
paper
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alien8
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| posted on January 18th, 2009 at 12:41 AM |
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Whats a good paint stripper you would suggest
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I just use the stuff from Bunnings. It's a jelly like substance that you paint on. Its bloody expensive though.
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Doolang
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| posted on January 18th, 2009 at 06:11 PM |
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tried the jelly stuff . the bug has had at least 7 coats of paint since it was bare metal. I can see Green Yellow Red Black BLue , Cream and brown.
How good should paint stipper work , i used a nice lather over the paint and its taking small bits off , how long should i leave the paint stripper
for ?
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| posted on January 18th, 2009 at 08:24 PM |
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a good tip is to score the paint work first so the paint stripper can penertrate the first couple of coats, also try to cover the paint stripper with
a damp rag or newspaper, that seems to work. leave for an hour or so and see how you go.
matt
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Doolang
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| posted on January 20th, 2009 at 08:26 AM |
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so it begins
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Doolang
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| posted on January 20th, 2009 at 08:27 AM |
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and i have uncovered so much bog and more rust :-)
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| posted on January 20th, 2009 at 11:01 PM |
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Always the way! (ie finding more rust than what was visible to start with).
Having stripped cars previously by hand I can say I'd never do it again, we have all our cars blasted now as it was too time consuming and didn't
give as good a result especially in seams, cracks, corners etc that you can't get a strip disc into.
Good luck - I love the safety goggles, mask, suit....and bare feet
Al
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vwsteve
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| posted on January 21st, 2009 at 10:24 AM |
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yep blasting is the way to go for a better result, if not i used to use a 36 grit disc sander, (large) take most off and finnish it off with 80 grit
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Doolang
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| posted on January 21st, 2009 at 10:50 AM |
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We ended up finishing the back end of the dub after 5 hours so it wasnt that bad. Bare feet :-) was ok easier to clean the blue paint from.
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 10:17 PM |
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hahaha nice chinese safety boots there mate!
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