This paint that I’m talking about is what Chevrolet used in 1954 on the interior of their trucks, pearl beige and the grays they used on their hubcaps and bumpers.

I don’t think they had Imron in 1954 Dan and I’ve never stripped any so I don’t know how it would react to Aircraft Stripper.

I don’t know what lead carbonate in the paint would have to do with stripper not working on the binder. The lead was a pigment and although it’s been banned for domestic use it’s still used in a lot of paints commercially.

And Richard, I’m not disputing what you say about the baking enamel; I have for years baked my store bought enamel paint (non baking enamel) in my “big old wife’s” oven, (when she’s out for the day that is.) And I’ve never noticed that it made it any tougher than air-drying it, I do it because it dries faster and I can handle it sooner. I’ve done it with Rustoleum and other enamels that I’ve used on the ’50.

I don’t seem to be getting any closer to learning why this stuff is so impervious to the ethylene chloride compared to other paints I’ve stripped.
DG

Denny G
Sandwich, IL