06-04-2019, 11:36 AM
(04-04-2019, 01:38 PM)Jamie Wrote:(04-04-2019, 06:16 AM)agmatthews Wrote: Today I stripped off....
...all the paint on the '29 Chummy SWB chassis.
It's almost time to start putting things back together... exciting times!
Here it is almost stripped bare!
May I ask what you use to remove the paint and dirt?
Regards,
Jamie.
Stripping back to bare metal was not the original plan but once you start....
It all started when I found rust under the previous black paint and so decided it had to come off to see what was there.
I started with gel paint stripper (poly strip), then a pressure washer, then a combination of wire brush wheels, flap discs, scourer disks and lots of elbow grease.
When I thought it was done I cleaned it with grease and wax cleaner, then wiped over some phosphoric acid, wiped it off, then cleaned it all again. Tommorow it will get a coat of etch primer.
The main ingredient is the elbow grease!
Andrew