[Healeys] paint stripper

john spaur jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net
Sun Apr 22 13:24:18 MDT 2012


Remember, it is the paint you are removing so the aluminum stripper 
will work on the painted steel.

A few other points:

Most body shops will skim coat the entire car so small scratches are 
not a problem at all, in fact if bondo is being used to fill in small 
dings they usually leave a rougher finish to help with adhesion. If 
the aluminum or steel is being straightened using traditional hammer 
and dolly techniques it can be very rough because of the filing that 
is done to find low and high spots in the process. Metal scrapers are 
fine, just use them carefully.

Don't use a steel brush on the aluminum. I am told it can leave 
embedded fragments in the aluminum that will rust. Always use a brash 
wire brush on the aluminum.

John

At 10:47 AM 4/22/2012 -0700, HealeyRick wrote:
>I'm pretty sure the steel solution will dissolve the aluminum.


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