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Car type: 1932 Saloon
Hi Guys
I have a question for the guys that have done it a few times. I need to strip 80 years worth of repainting and fixing up paint off the gutters on my saloon. How will I go about as to not sit with dissolved aluminium in a bucket? Paint stripper or will I have to use a heat gun and scraper?
Thanks
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Be very careful with heat as it is easy to cause distortion. Also grit blasting better avoided on thin panels. Personally I favour sanding where it's possible; wet sanding keeps dust down.
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Location: Pretoria, South Africa
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Yip, the bain off my existance is getting the paint off the rain gutter strips. I reckoned any heat will be an issue.
If something like nitromors won't damage the ally then I am happy. Will obviously first test it. Love the fact that we still have stores that stock nitromors.
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Hello, the only product that I find really works is 'Jawel' paint remover from amazon. As others have stated the DIY ones are 'opeless.
regards from the creative county - Staffordshire.
Stuart
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Car type: '28 GE Cup. '28 AD Chummy '30 RL Saloon. '34 RP Saloon. Too Many toys!
As noted , someone should really report nitromorse to the trade descriptions people as it as far as I can tell does not strip paint.
Hovever, if you go to Wilkos, in the varnish bit they sell a varnish stripper, which works very well indeed, smells much like the old nitromorse, if a little thinner. its in a cream metal tin with a safety cap.
Ive just stripped my brass radiator cowl with it. I was impressed. The only issue, which I found with the old nitromorse is that once it dries nothing much happens. I used tissue paper laid on top and then coated with stripper to keep it wet. I also used cling film which was fine, but wastefull.
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With a knife and fork, Chris!