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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1023 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:10 pm Post subject: Stripping some lacquer paint |
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Long story short- painted the cowl around the driver on my McLaren M23 build entirely with TS 36 and realized that i needed to paint part of it white. Decided to start over and strip the paint entirely. Didn’t think (this comes back later) that i had any 91% alcohol and wasn’t gonna go the brake fluid/cleaner route, and i searched numerous stores in the area for some 91%... only to come up empty handed (thanks COVID). Had some lacquer thinner... used that to strip the paint off. Worked pretty well (wore gloves and a mask) but turned the paint and primer into some gunky mess. Got most of that off and washed it with Dawn. Left a slight film on it so i sanded that with 400 grit then 1000 grit, felt pretty smooth. Put it in primer a little bit ago, will see how that turns out.
Then i checked the medicine cabinet and found some 70% - and then i checked another cabinet which has soap making supplies. Lo and behold, there was a nearly full bottle of 91% alcohol! Damn.
So if the thinner & sanding thing doesn’t work out, should i soak it in 91%? _________________ ON DECK/IN THE WORKS: too many started to list...
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DaveVan
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 1586
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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91-92% works on Tamyia every time for me.
Citri-strip is a good stripper too. |
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Hot Wheels
Joined: 11 Feb 2018 Posts: 175 Location: Gallipolis, Ohio
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1023 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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DaveVan wrote: | 91-92% works on Tamyia every time for me.
Citri-strip is a good stripper too. |
do i soak it, much like de-chroming in the purple stuff, or do i rub with a cotton ball or something like that?
if soak is the option, for how long? _________________ ON DECK/IN THE WORKS: too many started to list...
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bigryan18
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 196
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:09 am Post subject: |
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Soak it |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1317
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 8:56 am Post subject: |
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The only thing I found that would strip laquer is the purple stuff and you have to soak it for a least 12 hours and then use a toothbrush to get the old paint off. An old 1/24 model case, the clear part, works good as a h tub for your body. just buy a gallon of the purple stuff. |
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