I personally stripped my 69 E about 7 years ago. I used what the paint
wizard recommended...Tal Strip.. It's an aviation stripper and is sold
by the gallon. It's not cheap, but if you use a small heat lamp or
halogen work light with it, it really eats through the junk.
After all the sections were stripped. It was wiped down with DuPont
Prep-Solv. At this point it becomes VERY important not to use any
silicones or sprays around the car. These chemicals have a tendency to
make the paint do strange things.
Wear disposable rubber gloves (nitrile ones are perfect, they help
keep the chemicals away from your skin). When you're ready to prime,
use an etch primer. I used that pea-green stuff, probably a DuPont
product as well.
As I worked on the body, I would do a section (removing ripples, etc)
sand, wipe with Prepsolv and then check my work. I had done body work
for this guy before, so I had gotten to the point where I could feel
body ripples with my fingertips. As the work progressed and the larger
ripples were gone, I used wet sanding and sighted the panels to check
for the finer ripples/dips/etc. It took a while (several months,
working on Saturdays and occasional off days during the week, but the
final result was magnificent and I never could have afforded to have
this guy do the grunt work I did AND pay for the actual paint job.
You always want to do a prep-solv wipe down before re-applying any
primer or paint. Never touch the car's surface with bare hands...the
minute amounts of skin oils will transfer to the paint/primer.
Valerie Stabenow, mga, tr4a, xk-e, tr6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug" <dprather@centurytel.net>
To: "MG" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 11:47 PM
Subject: Stripping metal- Newbie question
> I brought my first project car home a few weeks ago. Now it's pretty
much
> stripped- I just need to lift the engine out, and the rolling stock
is still
> attached. Couple of questions:
>
> 1. I assume the general steps would be: Take it all apart, do the
body, put
> it all back together, rebuild engine and install. I'd love to get
going on
> the refinishing of odd things like seat frames and dash boards, but
I guess
> the body comes first. The engine isn't original for the year, so I
might by
> the right one anyway.
>
> 2. Stripping paint- do I just get out the sander and take it to
metal or is
> there a chemical stripper recommended? If I strip a section, should
I treat
> it with primer or something to prevent rust if it's going to be a
while
> before I can paint?
>
> 3. What about the rust? This car was driven on the beach. When I
pulled the
> wings off there were pounds of sand packed into the area behind the
splash
> panels. Naturally, I intend on putting repair panels on the lower
wings, but
> I can't decide on the sills/rockers. The forward ends of the rockers
have
> rusted through a bit, as have the adjacent bottom members. I cut it
all away
> and will obviously will have some repairs to do, but I'm not sure I
need to
> do the entire sills/rockers. The damage is only on the very ends,
and I can
> shine a light down the inner sills and see only v. minor surface
rust, in
> fact the tops are even shiny. As near as I can tell the damage to
the inner
> sills is limited to a inch or two on the end. Do I replace it all or
fix it
> up?
>
> What do you think?
>
> Doug
> '65 pull handle B
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