Fiberglass paint removal.

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540goat

I need to remove the paint off the nose of my 80 vette. I have been using the razor blade method with the heat gun. It dosen't seem to be getting all the layers off. I don't want to force it because it digs into the fiberglass. I think I will go with the stripper route. Any recommendations.
 
That idea scares me on anything newer then an 70 vette.
I use a DA with either 180 or 80 depending on type of paint.
 
Blast with plastic media or corn cob? Never did that but may be worth looking into. Thought about trying the corn cob on a set of old HD fiberglass saddle bags I have but there is a good blast operation in my area and the mess would stay there :cool:.
 
No media blast. Maybe if the car was all apart but it is together with a new interior. I don't want to get that all over.
 
540goat;21218 said:
I need to remove the paint off the nose of my 80 vette. I have been using the razor blade method with the heat gun. It dosen't seem to be getting all the layers off. I don't want to force it because it digs into the fiberglass. I think I will go with the stripper route. Any recommendations.
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I agree with Barry here...you;re working with smc ...using stripper has potentially irreversible problems
 
If no razor blade, then DA. It might take twice as long as using a stripper, BUT....worth it considering the side effects of using the stripper later down the road.
 
Well I started with a DA and I sanded for about 5 hours and got nowhere. I discovered that this car had the original paint and 4 paint jobs over it. That includes epoxy and paint 4 times. So I went on a few corvette forums that I go to and searched and decided to use a stripper that they recommended. I had used this stripper on a few other corvette projects with no problems. So I figured I would use it again. And it took 4 gallons to get the paint off. I filled a large trash bag with all the paint. Just got done washing it down. I will let it sit overnight and wash it a few more times tomorrow.
 
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