<VV> body work beginning

[Frank DuVal]

If the car is repainted with emanel instead of lacquer the razor blade 
can give you big curls. This will not be the result if it is lacquer. 
Lacquer is hard, so it breaks off in tiny chips. Your wrist can get very 
sore from this action of breaking off tiny chips.

Aircraft stripper was my shops method. I would say favorite method, but 
no method of stripping can be a favorite job! gggg

Here is the product we used most:  
http://www.bondo-online.com/catalog_item.asp?itemNbr=320

We did also use a thick stripper with fiber in it that smelled of 
ammonia. This would produce a shop of purple smoke when the gas heaters 
were on. NOT good! Phosgene or chlorine gas? But it worked well....

Always use protection with strippers. Hands, eyes, lungs.

Covering stripper coated surfaces with plastic will keep it wet and 
working longer.

Enamel will wrinkle, lacquer just gets soupy at best. Lacquer usually 
requires some mechanical scraping to move the soup around. Plastic 
"Bondo" speaders work well. Steel wool is great, but you can spend a lot 
here. They gum up fast.

Have fun!

Frank DuVal

Jim Bannister wrote:

>Tho I haven't tried it, I understand that single edge razor blades do a good
>job.  Just shave the pain off in big curls.
>Jim
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