Re: Painted Delorean

["gullwingmagazine" <gullwingmagazine@xxxx>]

Pete

When we bought our project DeLorean, it was painted. Although we 
intended on painting our Project D anyway, we went ahead and removed 
the existing paint that had been put on at the dealership 20 + years 
ago.

The method of paint removal we used was media (bead) blasting. This 
is alot like sand blasting but does not run the risk of damaging the 
metal. It came out beautiful and the cost was reasonable. In our 
case, we removed all of the body panels for the blasting and 
repainting.

On a side note, media blasting will not work on the facia. It just 
bounces off. We had to use a chemical remover to do the job on the 
facia. 

Ron
Gullwing Magazine
Project "Yellow D"

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, peteh269@xxxx wrote:
> I am considering the purchase of a painted Delorean. What would all 
be involved in terms of removing the paint? Will it damage the 
stainless?
> Pete