trapster
Well-Known Member
I have heard of people using brake fluid to strip plastic parts.
The paint I have in the engine bay is old oem paint and a coat of black that was sprayed over and is chipping off., but gotta degrease it anyways!
Hemi one question after it removes the paint and wipe it off do you rinse afterwards?
Ok I tried this with pretty good results.Sprayed on - covered with shrink wrap
used sharpened putty knife - did this after 14 hours.Recoated and recovered will
scrape again in 24 hours since the paint is soft the second step should clean up
most of the paint.Looks like it takes one bottle at $3 to do the top of the
trunk lid.I'll try a door or hood next but first I'll try roughing up the paint with some
40 grit to see if that helps any
It's worth a try no fumes to deal with wear eye protection.Skin protection maybe not a bad idea but I don't think it will eat you up
Looks like you need to spray it on a little thicker and let it sit the full 24 hours.
yup its brush on.
and takes roughly 10 minutes to lift the paint before you can scrape it away (scraps away easily by the way...not much effort required) ....however....I took 36 grit sand paper and scuffed areas of paint which creats cuts in the paint where the stripping solution can seep into and lift the paint faster......and it lifted the paint up in as little as a minute or 2.....the stuff is pretty cool.
you can get similar stuff in aresol cans but it costs about as much as a whole gallon and does not last very long.
the brush on gallon is the much better bang for the buck.
makes for quick work of the job.
like I said earlier....only real down fall is the odor and you have to be carefull not to get it on your skin because it instantly feelsl ike someone splashed you with icyhot cream lol
ehhhhh.....Ill stick to real paint stripper.
go to walmart and go to the dry wall puddy/paint/varnish/acetone...ect...ect... section and you can get a gallon of oaint stripper for like $8.00 (I think mine is in a yellow can ....I want to say the brand name is talstrip).
its light blue in color jelly like liquid.
the stuff stinks badly so I recommend having your garage door open and better yet having a fan on.....and it will sting when it touchs your skin so you need to wear rubber gloves.
but man oh man is it a much more convenient and faster method .
I didnt have to wait 24 hours or nothing.
in a matter of an hour or 2 the job was done. applied the stuff to my engine bay with a paint brush (wrinkles the paint in a matter of minutes) scrape it off, and apply a second coat and scrape it off and was basically done.
and yes using a heavy grit sand paper on the paint prior to applying a stripper will help in lifting the paint ALOT.
here is a couple of pictures from when I stripped my engine bay last year.
How long ago did you buy this made a trip to wally world this morning no such thing
oh haha!! yes awesome is for a grease remover!!! dunno what i was thinking, but there you go. for a great cheap grease remover, use awesome!
-james