Help finding product to strip back to O.G. paint

shea · Oct 24, 2015

OK so after psyching myself up after reading the samba Here I've decided to give stripping my aftermarket paint back to the O.G. paint underneath a go.

At the minute it's looking good, there are 7 layers of primer and paint to get through but the last layer that sits on top of the O.G. paint hasn't been primered and what I've revealed is in perfect condition so far.

What I've done so far though has been done using a blade and wet & dry, it's extremely slow and I've nicked the paint twice now with the blade. I looked for advice online for what could help and oven cleaner and graffiti remover was suggested so I went and got these from b&q Oven cleaner , Graffiti remover

Both are absolutely useless, did nothing to the paint, can anyone suggest some other method or product I can try?

Thanks!

ozziedog · Oct 24, 2015

I`m not sure exactly what to use, but someone suggested you need to steer clear of paint stripper as it will make it next to impossible to get a decent paint finish if you ever need to paint anything for whatever reason, I believe there was a thread on here in the last month or so about exactly this subject. search will turn up something for sure.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :mrgreen:

shea · Oct 24, 2015

thanks, so best to stick with the razor blades you think? I've been using the search function but can't find the thread, saw a few older ones that gave advice about the oven cleaner and graffiti remover and said nitromors revised formula isn't the best.

le catweasel · Oct 24, 2015

http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=61611&p=553405#p553405" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

try this, was white when he bought it

shea · Oct 25, 2015

I was looking at that thread, he used nitromors so maybe that's the way to go. I was out again today at the bus, the blades are nicking the paint too much so I need to find an other way.

The passenger door is a replacement and originally Montana red so I've been using that to try different techniques on, I've found that if I use a hot air gun on the paint to make the top layer blister up, take that off and then use the graffiti remover it works a treat on the other layers.

I'm wondering though will applying heat damage the panel or the paint underneath?