Greg On the Yellow D project car many of you saw in Memphis, we used media blasting to remove the 20 year old red paint to prepare for the Millenium Corvette Yellow. Our experience with media blasting was excellant. The shop recommended against the sand blasting because of the excessive abrasion and extra heat generated. When all was said and done the car could have been easily regrained with a Scotch Brite pad. I have some pics I could send that show the T panel partially regrained... had to force myself to stop because we knew we would be painting it. The media blasting will not hurt most plastic or rubber parts but it may give them a frosted look. Glass must be completely covered or it will be frosted. The clean up is not bad but remember those beads are extremely small and get into every little nook and cranny. Also keep in mind the media blasting, at least for us, would not work on the facias. It just bounces off. Our shop ended up using a product that the Corvette shops use to remove the paint from the facia. Sorry dont know the brand or name but Im sure a Vette specific shop could point you in the right direction. Ron Gullwing Magazine > I wouldn't be using sand as the media though. There are some media that > will allow you to strip paint off fiberglass with damaging the underlying > 'glass. I will probably take the door, since it is scrap anyway, and see > how that turns out before having it done on any other panels. > > Besides, with media blasting, there are less worries about removing plastic > trim, and the glue that holds the glass in; just tape it off. If it all > works out then the bonus is no messy clean up from the Aircraft > stripper...and no core samples. > > The entire car will have to be re-grained anyway. > > Greg Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1652963/R=0/SIG=11tvulr8i/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0178275&partid=3170658> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1652963/rand=925463240> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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