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Re: [GMCnet] Removing old paint... [message #221418] Fri, 06 September 2013 23:34 Go to previous message
hnielsen2 is currently offline  hnielsen2   United States
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Craig
We reprinted ours sanding and shooting with hight build primer and sanding some more.
Hight build prime covers up all the small nicks and chips.
The larger nicks and chips DuPont light wait filler for boats.
Final coat was DuPont Acrylic Air Craft paint.
You can no longer buy or use DuPont Acrylic Automotive in California.
Thanks to the folks at EPA
A friend of mine who paints Yachts for a living painted our GMC in our free standing car port/paint booth.
We have also painted five or six cars the same way.
One car and one truck went on to best in show.
Bottom line if a good painter can paint Yachts in the water.
He sure as heck can paint Hot Rods on gravel in a car port.
I would not try and remove your paint.
Sand it and use a good primer giving a good seal from what's on your coach and teeth for your top cost to hang on to.
Sanding! Makes my shoulder HURT just thinking about it.
If you like I can send you pictures of our one year old paint job.
Thanks
Howard
Alpine Ca
74 Canyon Lands

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On Sep 6, 2013, at 20:54, Craig Lechowicz <craig.lechowicz@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> I still haven't decided if I'm going to remove my old paint or not, as I'm several years away from getting it painted anyway. But, I was at Autorama a couple years ago and talked to some of the guys at the exhibits for places that did sand blasting for the hot rod crowd. Several of them were wary of sand blasting the aluminum part of the coach, due to the relative softness of the aluminum. They thought it would work fine on the SMC part. They said soda blasting might be better than sandblasting, and also thought chemical stripping might not be a bad way to go.
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> '77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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