Hey guys,
Just wondering, Whats something that i can use as a paint stripper that will get rid of fresh paint but will leave older paint still intact?

Hey guys,
Just wondering, Whats something that i can use as a paint stripper that will get rid of fresh paint but will leave older paint still intact?

took much spare time, good luck as itll be impossible. Youll be stripping it all back and repainting it mate

have fun
jaz

OVEN CLEANER! it's great stuff especially if you are trying to remove acrylic or enamel like signwriting without removing the original layer of 2-pak underneath it. Oven cleaner won't affect 2-pak paints but will remove all others. leave it on for about 30mins.

OVEN CLEANER! it's great stuff especially if you are trying to remove acrylic or enamel like signwriting without removing the original layer of 2-pak underneath it. Oven cleaner won't affect 2-pak paints but will remove all others. leave it on for about 30mins.


Dam you pepole will try any thing once, look as a coatings chemist I would be cautious of any paint removal, why? For paint to be removed you will need to breack the chemical bond - get the paint ro react and lossen the hold it has on the surface, this in turn will affect the gloss of the coating under the paint you are looking to remove. :cry:

Think twice B4 you paint you car. :redface:

Ovens are powder coated it a diffent process (resin's + pigment + heat = "bang" hard coating) :rant:

good luck with it

Just to save you from the same nightmare I once had.... I bought an XD Falcon years ago in immaculate condition... I was really pleased with it.

After a year i noticed the paint work started developing crows feet... which just got worse and worse until it started to crack and lift and yes eventally rust... i was devastated.... I took it to a panel shop and they checked it out and found that the previous owner had done something similar but traces of the paint stripper they used were still embedded in the underlying paint... bottom line, my paint work was a write off and i lost an immediate $2000+ off it's worth.

I strongly recommend against it... sand back, or reconsider.

Dam you pepole will try any thing once, look as a coatings chemist I would be cautious of any paint removal, why? For paint to be removed you will need to breack the chemical bond - get the paint ro react and lossen the hold it has on the surface, this in turn will affect the gloss of the coating under the paint you are looking to remove. :cry:

Think twice B4 you paint you car. :redface:

Ovens are powder coated it a diffent process (resin's + pigment + heat = "bang" hard coating) :rant:

good luck with it

I agree that using oven cleaners or paint strippers is a dodgy method but tr-envy was asking for a quick fix that didn't involve sanding and properly preparing the surface.
Oven cleaner isn't supposed to be used on 2-pak paint as you note, but from experience it does seem to work and any blemishes it leaves are easily hidden with a light buff.
I have no idea what the surface would look like 5 years after contact with oven cleaner but you always take this risk if you cut corners with paint and prep.

Give thinners ago.. hairy situation though.. good luck mate.. :cool: