69 Sport Fury ( Paint removal help / ideas )

[Ironwolf]

Well I am in the early stages of planning to strip down the Sport Fury and start to get it ready for necessary body and paint work. I want to get some of your expertise and ideas on stripping off the paint coats to bare metal. I am looking at stripper which is very time consuming messy and of course caustic. Sanding which is dusty, messy and time consuming. and then there is soda blasting and or media blasting. Any ideas ? thoughts ? information ? Pro's / con's. I went thru this already with my last Sport Fury that I had and it was done over a six plus year time frame and sorry to say as some of you know it was all for not !! OH well life goes on and now it's a new project all over again with a whole new project and I am sure or at least hopeful with less rust issues to start with.

 

[polara71]

You have one of those cool TACHS, you get no help from me

 

[detmatt]

Strip it down to nothing inside and out and have a media blaster take care of it for you. Donny is a pro and will chime in here I'm sure. Too bad he's in Texas.

 

[CanCritter]

You have one of those cool TACHS, you get no help from me

x2

now everyone hates ya...best to trade me that tach for a hood mounted 71 oem hood tach and clock to win support back....
avoid soda blasting

 

[BJS racing]

It looks like factory paint. If so I (was shown by a paint and body man I used to work with) strip it all with a razor blade. Works great. Does take some time but won't remove any of the metal and doesn't stink like hell.

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

I had my '70 Fury Pursuit done approx 10 years ago for $700. It was all painted surfaces but nothing underneath. A couple of months ago my '66 Toronado was done only on the underside. They removed bunpers etc and painted the suspension etc chasis black for almost $1000. Take your car or pics or email them to the media blaster for their opinion and estimate You underside looks pretty good so they should be able to do a great job. If choosing a auto body shop they may have recommendations who to send it to and even a discount.

 

[67Monaco]

Four of these for the top;

http://www.harborfreight.com/4-1-2-half-inch-nylon-abrasive-wheel-94017.html

One of these for the bottom;

http://www.harborfreight.com/compact-air-needle-scaler-96997.html

 

[Ironwolf]

You have one of those cool TACHS, you get no help from me

 

[tbm3fan]

I use my Makita with either 80 grit or a 3M stripping pad. Dusty to some extent but not terribly time consuming.

 

[Ironwolf]

x2

now everyone hates ya...best to trade me that tach for a hood mounted 71 oem hood tach and clock to win support back....
avoid soda blasting

NOT EVERYBODY !!!!!

What is your reason for avoiding soda blasting ? just curious I am neither for or against it. my last car the underside was sand blasted after all the rust was cut out & replaced then was painted with an poxy rust inhibitor paint similar to a truck bed liner.

 

[Ironwolf]

Strip it down to nothing inside and out and have a media blaster take care of it for you. Donny is a pro and will chime in here I'm sure. Too bad he's in Texas.

That's kind of what I am thinking about doing as I had done it that way before .....

Now I will have two cars worth of parts in my trailer ....... hthedrama:

 

[Ironwolf]

It looks like factory paint. If so I (was shown by a paint and body man I used to work with) strip it all with a razor blade. Works great. Does take some time but won't remove any of the metal and doesn't stink like hell.

I know the nose is primer over sanded original paint, the doors seem to have several coats of paint and the *** end seems it may have also been repainted as well I will see better as I start stripping off the trim and stuff. I have two brand new NOS front fenders with one coat of copper color paint which I will strip back down to bars metal then paint. As for the hood ??? that is an issue as I will be doing some modifications to it however I may need to locate a better one to start with.

 

[Ironwolf]

I use my Makita with either 80 grit or a 3M stripping pad. Dusty to some extent but not terribly time consuming.

Hmmm I may do it myself as I have plenty of time to work on it and a garage to work on it, but I do not want to drag this on for years like my past project went on for. Although for now I only take care of my elderly father who will be 97 this year and all the kids are on their own so I don't have them to worry about :yaayy:

 

[CanCritter]

NOT EVERYBODY !!!!!

What is your reason for avoiding soda blasting ? just curious I am neither for or against it. my last car the underside was sand blasted after all the rust was cut out & replaced then was painted with an poxy rust inhibitor paint similar to a truck bed liner.

soda blasting is easyest but have heard a few negatives in regards to paint and adhiesion...appoligies l cant say more but was enough for me to avoid it
imagine that soda gets everywhere due to particle size..in the end avoided as theres other options out there that are tried and true..wasnt about to gamble
dont get me wrong have seen alota vids re soda blasting and it takes the paint off great but were to many unknowns in regards to repainting
hopefully someone here can fill us both in....

 

[azblackhemi]

The problem with soda is that it has to be neutralized before priming. I use a water based cleaner (PPG's DX 394) then abrate (sand) the surface and use good epoxy primer. I've done quite a few cars this way and never had any adhesion issues. I only use soda for removing paint on exterior panels though because it won't touch rust, undercoat or other tough coatings. If you're doing a rotisserie type paint job where you're painting inside and out, top and bottom there probably isn't one method of stripping that will do it all. You could sandblast everything but then you run the risk of warping exterior panels. I usually wind up using a combination of sand, soda and plastic media.

 

[oldtinkerer]

crushed walnut hulls work really well and do not present quite the same problem as soda however you must clean blasted areas thoroughly to eliminate any left over dust

 

[vdk2010]

It looks like factory paint. If so I (was shown by a paint and body man I used to work with) strip it all with a razor blade. Works great. Does take some time but won't remove any of the metal and doesn't stink like hell.

I can't imagine how this works!? Without any chemicals :eusa_shifty:

But seems to work..! I have to try that on my car. I know I have the factory paint on it!

 

[vdk2010]

An alternative to regular media blasting is dry ice blasting. But in germany, it's quite expensive :/

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I used aircraft stripper they sell at AZ, advance, worked well in combo with razor blades got it down to factory primer sanded that off easily with a da sander. Wiped it all down multiple times with wax and grease.remover, etch prime, epoxy prime and.that's where I'm at I had no rust issues on that car.

 

[68blackbird]

It looks like factory paint. If so I (was shown by a paint and body man I used to work with) strip it all with a razor blade. Works great. Does take some time but won't remove any of the metal and doesn't stink like hell.

X2...I did this last year on my Firebird, saved a lot of sanding time.