Thanks Larry,
Since I can think of better things to do with the money spent for
commercial paint removal I think I will follow your (and Frank's)
suggestions. I can handle a little "elbow grease", it helps keep me off
the street! From what I've seen on your web page your car came out
great. I only hope mine will come close.
On another note does anyone know where I can get a cowl panel? (the
piece that the dash and windshield mount too) for a MKII Sprite/MKI
Midget? Mine is full of Bondo and seriously tweaked. I can probably
straighten it but I think welding a new one in may be easier. I checked
the usual suspects but they don't list it and Mini Mania is still
waiting for an answer from their supplier.
Thanks in advance,
Bill Hunt
64 MKII - Herbytoy
billh@aaai.com
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From: Larry & Sandi Miller [SMTP:millerls@ado13.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 1:14 PM
To: BILL
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: New Paint Codes.
Hi Bill
It depends on how much you want to spend and how much effort you
want to put into it.
I stripped my Red Bugeye (see at ado13.com) down to bare metal
top, bottom, inside, outside, every place except the inside of the
driveshaft tunnel.
I used a combination of paint removal wheels, sanding disks,
wire wheels, sand blasting, Propane torch, and chemical paint remover.
I used the chemical stripper in places I could not get at to
sand and that I was afraid sand blasting would not leave the surface
smooth enough (door jams, etc.)
I used the sand blaster (siphon type from Sears) on bad spots on
the inside, the bottom, and the engine compartment but not on exterior
surfaces. I also used it to carefully blast into corners that I just
could not get with anything else. I also used it to blast the inside of
the doors but not on the door skin, only down in the bottom and the
ends.
I blasted the trunk floor and the inside fender wells. You have
not lived until you sandblast the inside of a Bugeye trunk.
I just used the old standard hardware store paint remover (water
cleanup), both brush on and spray on, nothing fancy. It sometimes took
more than one coat and it also took some scraping while it was working.
The results were as good as it can be done by hand and the cost
was probably less than $100 but it took me about 3 months of weekends
and a lot of nights.
Hope this helps with your decision.
Larry Miller
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