I just started to strip the paint on my 1961. It was repainted by the previous owner. Not a very good job. I applied the striper and when I started to scrap it there was a coat of black or dark gray under the paint. I guess its the primer. Should I take it down to the bare fiberglass? Thanks for the help, Joe DeLuca #37862
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i've had better luck stopping at the primer with the paint remover. then use lacq. thinner with a 3-m green pad to remove the primer. Never know what you'll find under the primer. good luck, mike -
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Joe: I just finished stripping paint and I agree with Mike #14. I put the stripper on and allowed it to set for 5 minutes and then scraped the paint with a plastic scraper down to the primer. I then washed the scraped area down with soapy water and rinsed it with PLENTY of clean water. Then I used Scoth Brite pads and laquer thinner to remove the remaing primer and any paint that the sreipper did not remove, When you get to the bare glass you will have a very smooth glass like finish. Don't leave the stripper on too long, check after 5 minutes and as soon as the paint is soft start scraping the paint off. Some strippers will soften fiberglass patches that have not been Gel coated. Good Luck. LenComment
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The reason to take it down to BEAR glass is so that you can wet a rag and wipe it over the body to see any stress cracks you cant find other wise that are hidden under the paint.Comment
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Joe, I am jealous!! I wish I was at the point where I was stripping paint!!! Good Luck!!Comment
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When I used paint remover (Zip Strip) in 1972 on my 1965 Corvette, apparently some of the stripper was absorbed into the pores of the fiberglass. Even after a lot of fresh water flushing and baking in the sun, the stripper did not bleed back out of the fiberglass until several months after the car was repainted. The result was many round circles of freshly removed new paint.
I'm not really sure how to avoid this problem when the car is repainted next time. As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of paint strippers.
Regards,
GeneComment
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Joe,
Did my 69 15 yrs agao and my 57 two years ago, used Captain Lee's paint stripper to go all the way the glass on the 69, Used it again on the 57 but it was more difficult and I used the jitterbug, and wet sanding and even left some patches of primer/paint is some places.
I then used PPG's K-200 primer and then a acrilic enamel base and clearcoat. I then sanded and buffed. The 69 was done 15 years ago and there is no cracking, chipping or spawling anywhere on the car, the same with the 57. I did some other vettes without the K-200 and the paint did crack, flake and peel. I am convinced that the primer makes the difference on corvette paint jobs. But I don't claim to be an expert.Comment
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Gene...
Instead of using water after the stripper worked and the paint removed, I used acetone. Been told this is extreme, but this stopped the absortion of the stripper and helped with the removal of the primer in many locations. Caution is to have fresh air, best to use a mask anyway.
After stripping my 61,that was repainted over the original paint, never again, I'm off to a good bead blaster.Comment
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Acetone will neutralize any stripper used , do this after washing with water.Comment
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circles in paint or bubbles sounds more like contamination from the compressor rather then from the paint stripper.I had this on one car and after careful sanding ,I could see a black dot inside each bubble and oil/water vapor from the compressor was in the primer and found the filter element had torn.
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And many of the new primers are rolled on or foam brushed on in two coats over the repaired area with a 4 inch foam roller or brush useing a lifting motion at it ends and underlapping of overlappping the second coat to prevent making a hard line to sand.Not for doing a whole car before painting but could bring repaired areas up the bodys level before priming the whole car.
I have had great success rolling on gel coat in just repaired areas.
If you don't use lacquer primer you won't have strip it or any of your body work next time.
I'm still sanding the lacquer primer off my car and looking at all the options
at getting a lacquer looking paint job but longer lasting,suggestions welcome
epoxy primer and many of the urethane primers can be lacquered over but I,ve yet to try stripper on either one,I know many refinishers gel coat the whole car to seal the repairs from strippers.
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