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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 | Hi,
I have a 40 truck and am trying to remove the paint from the doors and roof.
I have tried a 7" sanding disc on my buffer and 40 grit on my da.
the top coat of paint(bake on original lol) comes off quite easaly with the da.
Its the primer underneath thats a bear to get fully off.
Do i need to take it fully off?
can i cover it with epoxy primer and would it be fine?
How did you take the old primer off your vehicles?
Thanks
Barry | | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | Switch to a 80 or 120 grit once you get the paint off but before you get below the primer. a straight circular rather than DA works better for stripping. got a grinder?
you want that old primer off if possible, old tech and new tech paint mixing is asking for problems down the road.
Give me ambiguity
or give me something else
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Most older primers are porous, and they absorb moisture like a sponge. For stripping, we used to use a sidewheel grinder and an 80 grit sanding disc shaped into a hexagon with a pair of tin snips. Use a very light touch, and just "wipe" the paint away down to bare metal with the tool running at full speed. As the cutting edge of the sandpaper dulls, trim about 1/4" off each edge to expose a fresh cutting edge. Don't bear down, or you'll thin the metal too much.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 | OK. What is the reason for cutting the disc down?
so the edges don't build up with paint?
Gives the disc more cutting area?
Thanks | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | A 6-pointed disc cuts more effectively, with less pressure than a round one. The corners dig in and dislodge the paint, primer, and surface rust better than a rounded edge, with less down pressure exerted on the metal. I can skin the paint down to bare metal and barely leave any scratches in the surface with a high speed hex disc and a little careful sweeping motion.
The same procedure works for rough-shaping body filler before going to a D-A sander and 80-grit paper.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | I've found 40, 60 or 100 grit flap discs on an angle grinder works best for getting anything clean - and if you save the well worn finer grit ones, they do real good on finish smoothing of welds and even polishing scratched aluminum Bill | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | This Power Products 513040 PaintEater by Wagner was recommended a few years ago by Woody. It is excellent for any type of paint removal. Of course, wear a good mask. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 | ill give the 6 side sanding disk a try.
I just need patience.(ya right lol)
ill use it on my variable speed grinder/polisher so it wont spin too fast. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Once you get the rythm right, I'll bet you crank it up to full speed. Of course, that was one of the tricks we used to get a job done profitably back when putting the groceries on the table depended on getting paying work out the door. Good quality work is great, but good quality fast work is better!
I did practically all my prep work with an air powered angle grinder with an infinitely-variable trigger speed control valve.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 | I asked today at work if we had any of those strip disks and we didn't.
But! we have a box of 3M bristle disc's!
Brought one home and tried it on my grinder and worked great.
Just need to go slow and not heat up the panels too much.
Will give this a try on the weekend. | | |
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