Thread: What method do you use to strip your car?

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done many ...many ways did alot of dealer warranty work were i dry striped them with a soft pad 8 inch at very low speed . did many GM pick ups and suburbans is way .and many old car . with any way getting it wrong can make alot of work to get the metal back in shape . i have seen body parts laid to wast by sand blasters . grinder with 16/24 grit . and DA.s . (putty knife) this one could be fixed but i want to use the putty knife on the guy it was a vett but some could not be fixed . the most energy efficient on you and you air compresser. is using air craft stripper start it the roof and work you way down . do not hop around just work the one panel or if big work a spot at a time till clean. with stripper most all paint will come off what will not mostly stock primer may hang on do not use any thing sharp that can cut in the steel adding more work . what works the best is a body for filler plastic spreader to clean old paint off when it start to lift at this point you can rewet the stripper if many coats or if to old OEM red primer stop . at this point a red 3m pad and some rubber gloves and use lacquer thinner and most all the time it comes right off wipe clean throw rags out or some were if they catch fire you do not loose a houes car ... you . this was the way i done many cars when i was not on the flat rate book you can cut down on many thing and one big thing is dust and $$$ sand paper . when metal was clean of stripping i DA the stains or left over off with 80 or 120 grit on a DA many guys get this wrong .when using a DA you only need to run the sander at a speed the still keeps it running not 10.000 rpms wide open kills sand paper and will take long to do the job had a 64 gto hood that the guy destroyed with a DA by running it wide open and to fine paper put heat in the panel loose the hood skin on inner structure