Re: tearing down my 75 Scirocco

["Robinson Family" <robinsonfamily@mediaone.net>]

We have a huge air compressor...
we'll probably sand blast it
what about sanding it with a belt sander or something?




----- Original Message -----
From: "John Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net>
To: "Robinson Family" <robinsonfamily@mediaone.net>; "Mark Mages"
<wasserbox@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: tearing down my 75 Scirocco


> At 11:38 AM 02/16/2000 -0500, Robinson Family wrote:
> >$50/hr?
> >IM doing it...
> >I have an arc welder and everything
> >quick question though
> >once I finish sealing all the holes and everything...
> >whats the best way to strip paint?
> >
> There are a few ways, and it depends on how much work or money you want to
> spend on it.  You can use aircraft cleaner which will eat the paint.  You
> will still have to scrape a bit and then clean off the residue-nasty
stuff,
> but it works.  If you have a compressor, you can buy a sandblaster(not
very
> expensive) and blast it off with a fine media for removing paint.  And
> lastly there is  some sort of service you can have done, similiar to
> sandblasting, that I saw on a car restoration show this past weekend.
they
> use recycled plastic, in shaving or bead form, to blast the car's paint
off
> like a sandblaster, but the tool was a bit different.  I've never seen
> these guns, but maybe a restoration shop near you may offer the service.
> Good luck.
>
>
> John Worden
> Wayne, Maine
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