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| | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 151 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 151 | OK, I've done a really dumb thing here. I've got a '46 Panel, I'm the fourth owner since it was built. The last two guys did somethings but never finished it out. When I got the truck the roof already had the high build primer on it so I (like a dummy) assumed that it had been stripped and primed. I was just going to sand it, add some fresh primer and paint. Well I started to sand it down and found that the primer covered the original 1946 paint and alittle surface rust. Now my BIG problem, this paint, what ever it is, loads up every sand paper I use on it. I can't even use grinding discs on it becauce they load up too, and I mean really bad and fast. Now the rest of the truck is done. Primed and ready for sanding and painting so chemical stripping is out of the question, won't even consider it. Anybody got any ideas what this stuff is and how to get it off??  Help please!!!
David
Just a firefighter,
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult
'46 1/2 T Panel
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Have you tried the 3M stripping discs? They are available for both drills and grinders and they have a nice open pore structure so they don't load up.
You can also use chemical stripper.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 164 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 164 | This isn't so much a dumb thing as Ooops, from lack of knowledge from previous work. If all else fails, I will suggest a stripper you might want to try called Removall. It is not near as dastardly as the Aircraft stipper and does not turn the surface into a gooey mess.
Removall is a water borne stripper that once applied soaks through the surface, offgases at the surface and lirerally lifts the finish off. It doesn't dissolve the finish, rather lifts it loose to be picked off with a scrapper or even a vacuum cleaner.
I think the Sherwin Williams stores have it.
And it will not kill you to be around it like Aircraft stripper. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 | 36 grit on an air powered sander - I'm thinking "mud hog" here.....
It will load, but you can clean it up easily with one of those sand paper cleaning sticks (i.e., big ole expensive eraser).
Patience.
- Ryan
59 Apache Step
78 El Camino
http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain
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