asherwood

I want to get my car repainted, and a recent insurance claim will be covering some of it, but...

I figure now is the time to get the whole thing done.

I would like to remove the paint from the hood, nose cap, rear bumper cover and rear spoiler and hopefully leave the factory primer behind.

What would be the best approach? I checked and blasting is to harsh for the soft parts, but may be OK for the hood.

What about chemical strippers?

Some experianced replies would be appreciated!

AEE

The chemical strippers will remove everything to the bare metal...

the media blasting can badly distort the metal hood (the impacts will release the tension on one surface of the metal but not the other causing it to warp)

the best way to get to just th eprimer is to hand sand it

but the chem stripper would probably give you the most consistant results (providing you have a good painter that can prep the metal and layer the primer properly before he lays the paint)

dclin

iTrader: (4)

Soda blasting. Check your phone book for someone local to you.

http://www.problastusa.com/soda.htm

Roar 629

juz pour couple of brake fluid and u done..lol nah just give it to some pro or do it with wet sand

AntiVenom7

is there a reason that you wanna strip all the way to the primer. if you do a good sanding job and the paint you have on there is holding(ie not peeling or cracking) you should be golden

fd3s_rx7

iTrader: (13)

use sand paper 320 grit or 440 grit..

sand it down untill you reach primer.

but let me tell you this.. The hood if you were to do it yourself, will prob. be any where from 4 to 5 hours of just sanding it yourself. using any of the above grit.

It was a biatch to sand and paint my 3000GT back then.

asherwood

That's just it, the paint on the hood is cracked ( very fine mind you), sort of like a piece of clear plastic that has been flexed to far. Add to that the flexible bumper skins also have some of the 'cracks' and the front one kissed the curb and fractured the paint.

I was told by a detailer that those cracks would eventually affect any paint applied over it.

asherwood

Hmmm, thanks for the link, I'm going to call a local outfit today and see what they say...I post their reply.

LT1-7

they have chemical strippers that don't eat plastic bumpers

asherwood

I'm sure that this is not the type of thing that you would just "try-out"....

Do you have any names?

Thanks