You guys been more then helpful. Cheers

mike

 

what i would suggest to you is that you sand off all the aftermarket paint with a DA and 180 grit paper, then take down all the glossy clearcoat, then fill in the small "dings" with a light glazing putty, like 3m's green acryl putty. Im currently repainting my 240 as well.. but from OEM paint. From what my dad and his uncle rick (he has 2 award winning corvettes he restored himself) have told me, it would be best for amatuers like us to take it down to either the base coat or the OEM primer, and use a good quality primer on top of that so you can get the highs and lows out VIA wet sanding and such. Anyway, go on amazon and get some books on automotive refinishing. You cant go wrong when you consult the pro's

 

have you tried aircraft stripper? its easy to use and you can easily get it from autozone.

 

^^^ tell me more please

mike

 

yeah me too... never heard of such a thing. Is it like a spray acid that removes paint?

 

well basically its liquid. you just brush it on the surface and wait 15 mins and wash it off. the paint should come off too. since its a strong chemical you shouldnt get it on your skin. its starts itching because its starting to burn. ive used it on my wheels too. just buy some and try.

 

where can i get some? Can i pick it up at home depot, autozone etc... Let me know cheer

mike

 

Also, as i forgot to mention... go on amazon.com, and look up "How to Paint Your Car"... i forgot the author.... but i bought it the other day and it came in about 2 days ago, and its loaded with good info... i give it two thumbs up. It tells about just about any kind of paint you can think of and how to remove paint, do bondo... all kinda crap... and its in color!! ohhh ahhhh! Pick it up.. its really cheap.

 

Just used some aircraft stripper today on my project car [1960 Morgan] I couldnt find any brush on so I had to use the spray. It made the paint very tacky but I didn't have the water pressure to blast off the paint after the stripper had weakened it, I used a paint scraper to scrape some off, but tommorow I'm gonna bust out the pressure washer.

Stuff works well though

 

Shoot I might try the same thing, repainting my car and don't want to have to sand it all down. How much did you buy?

 

air craft stripper is nice - my friend's white maxima got vandalized with spray paint. He took that aircraft paint stripper stuff and it took the spray paint off for the most part without going thru his clearcoat and hurting his paint (I'm not totally sure how, but this is what he claims... and I saw the before/after to prove it)


^^ before... still looking for an after pic...

that is also aftermarket paint that was sprayed over his oem blue paint job.

 

I restored my 1973 Trueno and I striped the entire car, piece by piece, because I wanted to make sure that the paint job would be as smooth as possible. I also wanted to see what was under the paint. If you have no dents or bondo, and want the paint job to be smooth, then you may consider. It's more work, though. My 240 was painted by a good paint shop and even though it was sanded very well, you can still see that it is not perfect, the way I wanted it to be. When you look down the side, it is good to most people but I can tell it has been painted. I'm picky, but the choice is yours. I used an aircraft paint stripper. You have to prep the bare metal properly then prime and seal it.

 

aircraft stripper can be bought from autozone and kragen. i dont really remember the price but i think its worth it. oh yeah...and dont sniff it. oh man..that almost knocked me out.

 

Better yet, don't get it on your skin!!!