Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[ukdave2002]

No not that sort

I'm going to sort the body out on the Z van in the spring, and want to remove the paint. I'm thinking of using something like a 80 grit pad on an angle grinder ?

Any thoughts

Dave

[kevin2306]

i have an air powered DA type sander that you can borrow?

Kev

[petermeachem]

If you want to take all the paint off these do the job and don't damage the metal www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ABRACS-POLY-ABRASIVE-DISC-115mm-FOR-RUST-PAINT-REMOVAL-4-5-Qty-5-/111137128557 . Lot's people sell them
I used nitromors and a stanley knife paint peeler offer on the body to take quite a bit of the paint off. I think this is quicker and cuts down the huge amount of dust you get but nitromors is expensive

[ka]

oh. paint stripper!
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KA

Better three than four.

[baconsdozen]

Damn,clicked for nothing.
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Thirty years selling imperial hand tools for old machinery(Now happily retired).

[MikeEdwards]

I've used those poly discs and they're pretty good, though noisy of course. Available either for your angle grinder, or with a spindle mount to go in an electric drill. You can get them in Halfords, I forget the price.

A recent test of paint strippers in Practical Classics, specifically to see how they work with car paint, suggests that either Rustins "Strypit" or Wickes own-brand paint and varnish remover are the two best, with the rest (including Nitromors) in recent formulations not being all that good. My experience with Nitromors certainly backs this up.

I have tried to find the Wickes own-brand stuff and never managed to, in fact the only one I could see in my local branch last time I went was the Polyfilla one, and I don't remember where that came in the test. I got some 'Strypit' off eBay and it gave variable results, though better than Nitromors. My car has been resprayed, though, and the original paint is putting up quite a fight no matter what I use (other than the poly disc). A test on another door which hasn't been resprayed gave much better results.

[baconsdozen]

Recently a friend of mine paint stripped a coach. He'd done quite a few over the years but said that Nitromors didn't seem as effective these days as it used to be. I wonder if like a lot of other things that elf and safety have decided that certain chemicals and processes can't be used any more. I know for example that Dumdum is now banned as apparently it contains traces of asbestos.
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[petermeachem]

I found nitromors ok on cellulose. It didn't bubble up but needed to be left for a little time to work, the paint peeled off pretty well. It is expensive though.

[MikeG]

I have used a hot air gun stripper for wings ect on my 1936 Triumph Gloria.It works well without lots of dust.

[ukdave2002]

Thanks for the replies , Kev I have a da sander , but appreciate the offer

Poly discs seem to be the favourite, I'll be stripping on steel panels an view on which grade of poly disc to use ?

Cheers

Dave

[petermeachem]

I wasn't aware they were graded. They do wear down, I reckon I used 5 on a small car