<VV> RE: budget paint stripping

[Tony Underwood]

At 12:03 hours 07/01/2005, mopar at jbcs2.net wrote:

>I never would have beleived it until I helped a friend do it.
>Box of 100 cheap razor scraper blades, and a couple of the "good" holders
>and we stripped a 67 chevelle. paint was thick on that car and it came off
>so easily it was ridiculous.
>Certain areas needed stripper, but for the most part the 2 of us stripped
>the car with razor blades.
>Now this does not always work, we tried it again on a different car, and it
>would not do it. But if you have nothing to lose...........give it a try.



Razor blade stripping works well if the outside layer was applied without a 
lot of serious attention to surface prep, and if the previous paint under 
what you wanna remove wasn't sanded and "toothed", the outside layer 
usually will come off without a lot of argument.    Good example is enamel 
applied over original baked lacquer, typical Vair condition.    I once 
stripped a '65 Corsa coupe with a razor blade, easy and quick, stuff came 
off in long ribbons.

I also cut most of a Maaco paint job off the blue '69 Monza, since the 
enamel had been applied over red oxide primer and the enamel didn't really 
stick all that well...  it had "died" and it was brittle and hard, loads of 
surface cracking, and on the straight flat areas it would just crack and 
chip off ahead of the blade, flaking off in little pinhead sized chips and 
flying everywhere.    Curves and concave areas still had to be sanded etc 
but the deck lids and roof and fenders were carved off in relatively short 
order....  in between socializing at the Wednesday evening tech sessions 
while BS'ing with the other people hanging out.


I've already checked the "hersheybar" brown paint on the formerly red 
Porsche.  It razors right off in ribbons easy, won't be a problem stripping 
the P-car until I get into the door jambs and in nooks and crannies 
etc.    For now, it will remain brown until I get some other stuff done.


I have a couple or three cars in the fleet that really need paint.   ;)


tony..