Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
[Re: DaytonaTurbo]
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05/12/10 09:34 PM
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A braided wire cup wheel on an angle grinder does an awesome job.
You have to be careful around holes so you don't oval them out and around edges (it hurts if it gets ahold of you!)
Cheap too! My angle grinder came from Harbor Freight and was $20.00 on sale. I bought 3 and keep a grinding wheel on one, wire cup wheel on one, and a cutoff wheel on another.
Here is the inner fender after:
Trust me, it was NASSTY!
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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Easiest way sand blast. Stripper is messy and sanding is messy and time consuming. But the wire wheel is a good middle ground.
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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I do use a "spot blaster" for the corners and hard to get at areas.
There's lots of surface area so it takes a while.
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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05/12/10 11:56 PM
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I was wondering the same thing. All good ideas. Less work and better results than what I probably would have came up with. I also thank you.
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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paint striper and a pressure washer?
That is what I did...some chemical stripper and blasted it off..was down to bare metal for about 75% of the engine bay after the first go, the rest took another coat (in a few spots)
On my Holden...the factory spot welds looked brand new!
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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05/14/10 08:06 AM
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brake fluid in an old windex bottle?
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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05/14/10 09:38 AM
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That's what I keep old brake fluid for. And an old paintbrush too (you don't want to reuse that brush for painting anything though). If it works that well for the driver side frame rail, it can't fail for the inner fenders!! Brush on, wait for 10 minutes, scrape off, brush again for the next layer if it stayed on. Will get the large flat areas clean in a hurry. You may use a heat gun to help the scraping but brake fluid alone is already pretty good...
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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05/14/10 10:21 AM
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Aircraft paint remover, let it soak in...Go through with a spatula and get all the initial skin off, Then lay it on again and let it soak for about 30 minutes. Wear a mask when you do this please.
I follow through with my gasoline powered pressure washer which has a sand siphon attachment and let loose the 2500 psi on the engine bay. You'll finish quick. Just duct tape any holes from the other side of the firewall and cover any electrical terminals.
Blow through with an air compressor and start the wire brush on the metal. When you are done with all that and its shiny...lay down some WD-40 on it so it doesnt oxidize or you'll be with a wire brush again. Use MEK to strip off the WD40 and run your primer over it
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
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05/14/10 10:59 AM
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Aircraft paint remover, let it soak in...Go through with a spatula and get all the initial skin off, Then lay it on again and let it soak for about 30 minutes. Wear a mask when you do this please.
I follow through with my gasoline powered pressure washer which has a sand siphon attachment and let loose the 2500 psi on the engine bay. You'll finish quick. Just duct tape any holes from the other side of the firewall and cover any electrical terminals.
Blow through with an air compressor and start the wire brush on the metal. When you are done with all that and its shiny...lay down some WD-40 on it so it doesnt oxidize or you'll be with a wire brush again. Use MEK to strip off the WD40 and run your primer over it
Skip the WD 40 and go straight to primer. Cost less and your get a better quicker job. My
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Re: Paint stripping an engine bay, how do you do it?
[Re: elitecustombody]
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05/14/10 11:03 AM
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sandblasting works for me,it's the fastest method and I know I got every bit of any crust in corners and seams,but I'm sure other home remedies work too,just not as efficient and usually will take hours, also on small things if I don't want to get media or sand all over the place, I use Aircraft stripper in aerosol can,it can be purchased at any autoparts store
Of course media blasting is best, but not always advisable if the car is not all the way stripped. Too many places for the abrasive to go without the car being stripped IMO.
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