Paint and underseal removal

[Nick-Rackham]

1) What's the best / quickest way of removing paint? Grinder with wire wheel, Grinder with sanding disc?

2) What's the best / cleanest way of removing soft underseal? The hard stuff on the underneath chips off OK, but some is soft, and spreading like treacle!!

Thanks, Nick

 

[Hilly_70]

Paint removal with the fibre pads ( look like a hard sponge!) to fit on the grinder off ebay ..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Strip-and-Pai...ment?hash=item3ca4bc9b85&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

like these ..

.. good old scraper for the underseal .. heat it up makes it a bit easier .. ( I use a blow torch till it bubbles then a good scrape .. careful tho its flamable! ) .. :shock:

Hilly

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

When using those discs remember to keep the grinder moving and becareful not to let heat build up in the panel or they will warp.

The best way really is 80 Grit discs on a DA Sander. After you've used those grinder discs you'll still need to sand the bare metal with something like P180 to provide a key for your etch primer.

 

[Nick-Rackham]

oops! Forgot to say thanks guys

 

[Doris]

regarding the underseal -I'd go for heating it up and scraping it off like Hilly sugests. i.m.o. whatever abrasive you use on a soft material will quickly just clog & fill up the gaps in the abrasive material,therefore making it all level in stead of rough = not much good.

I've tried a wire brush and found it just got clogged up,same thing but even worse when I used a course grade sanding disc.

The wire brush and sanding disc would be better on a brittle/hard material.

for the Paint... sanding disc defo!

just my opinion - hope it helps

 

[K@rlos]

.. good old scraper for the underseal .. heat it up makes it a bit easier .. ( I use a blow torch till it bubbles then a good scrape .. careful tho its flamable! ) .. :shock:

Hilly

Did you find that out the hard way? :lol:

the stuff we use on the freighters at work stinks when it's hot, not cool