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What is the cheapest, easiest, fastest, way to get a car down to bare metal to start doing some body work?
 
whether it is the spray on or brush on, it would be aircraft paint remover sold at wallmart or other vendors
 
The words "cheapest, easiest, fastest" arent used in the same sentence when paint stripping.

cheapest-DA / chemical stripper / black biscuit discs combo
easiest/fastest - pay someone else to do it....ie media/sand blaster
 
I used Aircraft Stripper when I took all the paint off of my car. It works well but remember to wear rubber gloves and eye protection. I found out the hard way when I got some in my eyes. MAN THAT **** BURNS!!!
 
Yep chemical stripper is probably easiest just dont get it in places you cant get to like down in the cowl or around the window frames if your leaving the glass in.
 
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Should be about 30 bucks at your local hardware store. Buddy and I stripped his '67 Bel Air sedan from the cowl back with it, and that car had 5 or 6 coats of paint, including latex house paint :angry7:. Just dumped it on, spread with cheap paintbrushes, removed with cheap razor scrapers, washed w/ dishsoap. Great stuff, but hideously toxic, so wear gloves and do it outside if possible.
 
After I stripp it what should I use to keep it from rusting. I live in the south so rust forms almost instantly.
 
rjsjea said:
The words "cheapest, easiest, fastest" arent used in the same sentence when paint stripping.

cheapest-DA / chemical stripper / black biscuit discs combo
easiest/fastest - pay someone else to do it....ie media/sand blaster
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This sounds like one of those you can only pick two.

cheapest, easiest, fastest - Which two?
 
moparduster said:
After I strip it what should I use to keep it from rusting. I live in the south so rust forms almost instantly.
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I used Ospho. Works for several weeks, and it acts as a etch cause it has phosphoric acid. Strippers.......look for something with methylene chloride and methanol. If you can get one with phosphoric acid all the better. The stripper I use at work is made by Cee Bee. I cannot remember what else, like product number. If you can wait until Monday, I can get it for you. That stuf is not cheap, but it will save you a LOT of time and effort. Lay it on THICK and wait for the paint to bubble up. Don't just toss it out then, you can re-use farther down on the body again. Also sanding with 80 grit and a DA sander, no where near the mess as stripper. That is the way I did my car. Sand mostly flat areas, then stripper where I could not get the sander in. One thing for sure tho, it is NOT a fast job.
 
I will when I go to work tomorrow. But I have to say this, from my own experience, sanding is the easy part. I am blocking my trunk for practice. The car has hail damage most noticable on the trunk and hood. WOW! Primer then filler then more surfacer and so on. Then sanding. A LOT of it! And I do mean a lot. Everyone I have talked to and all that I have read, says blocking is a necessary thing to do if you want flat panels. Waves are no good. Well, I don't mean to be a downer here, but......have you ever done body work before? If so, then I will shut up and then ask YOU questions! :-D Body work is an art. Thanks for listening!
 
Do it once and do it right. If you cheat on doing body work that paint job will look like S*$t. Take your time, if you have the money spend it doing a soda blast, if not get a wheel like this and put it on a grinder. It will take the paint to bare metal without distortion, takes awhile but the disks are only 10 a piece and last awhile, can be picked up at sears.
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Body work is an art

I sure as heck am not an artist! This is taking me a long time here! Thanks again!
 
Well I made a deal with a buddy of mine. He is going to weld in demon tail panel, sand, smooth, fix rusts/dents from wiper cowl back and paint it when i get the new front end in exchange for my white driver, passenger and rear seats. Im building a race car and getting racing seats anyways so I figured why not. Now my dilemma is go back with petty blue or panther pink. I want something that just stands out.
 
Using a mix of wire wheel on a 9" dewalt grinder, a 5" DA, and chemical stripper with wire brushes. There are some areas, like the window channels, trunk lip, etc. that may require a small portable media blaster to really get done, haven't figured that one out yet.
 
Ok, stuff I used was made by McGean. Called Cee-Bee A-202. It is not cheap, but works good. I think it only comes in five gallon containers. So if you plan on doing a lot of stripping, then 5 gals it is. I used about 1 gallon, but I sanded a lot of the car. If you do get this, be very, very careful. This stuff will burn you (phosphoric acid). Hope this helps! Thanks.
 
I have been working on my Duster for nearly 6 months on and off. It's a long slow process. I used Aircraft paint stripper, a lot of sand paper and elbow grease, an orbital where there's room...and a Dremel tool where there wasn't.
 
Very infomative post. I need to get my car down to bare metal and I think you guys answered all the questions I had.
 
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