[FC] Paint Removal

[Merv and or Loretta]

My tale of woe.... I sandblasted the hood of my 53 GMC with the black media.
Worked real slick! Then I noticed the back edge of the hood looked a little
buckled. When I set the hood on the truck, it became obvious that the
blasting had deformed the hood way beyond any usefulness.
Go with the chemicals! I especially like aircraft stripper. It is safe even
for aluminum. Your local body shop supply store will have it. It would take
two cans to do a Corvair hood. A can costs about $8 CDN. Don't let the fumes
get to you. They probably got to me, that's might explain a lot of things!
<G>
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sanger" <dksanger@pentel.net>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:22 AM
Subject: [FC] Paint Removal


> Greetings!
>
> I'm the new owner of a 63 Rampside; original California truck with very
sound
> body.
>
> Paint is original (tan) plus a coat of red; very oxidized. Some peeling
and
> chipping.
>
> I'm considering removal of the paint myself, using sandblaster or
chemicals.
>
> Can anyone give me some ideas on the best approach?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave Sanger
> 63 Rampside
> 64 Convertible Spyder
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