Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Prepping Plastic Parts For Painting (Bill)

Doc, I kinda know what you mean about getting stressed out about watching someone else work on your stuff. I had an instance here about 3 weeks ago at a glass shop. My l.u.v. truck needs new felt stripping in the doors, the stuff that keeps the windows from rattlin'. I went to the same place I always do buisness with but the head guy wasnt there, but there was another guy there. He does the mobile stuff and I never have met him before. I knew at the time that they would want a sample and all I wanted to do is ask for a price and availability. So he comes out and starts to pull on my old stuff, I kind of got alittle excited when he started to pull on this old worn out stuff. I found out along time ago that I dont like to pull things apart, unless I have the part that I am going to replace it with IN MY HAND!! Or atleast in my posession. I asked him nicely to stop and he did and I explained to him why. So I ended up going to the wrecking yard and getting a sample so they wouldnt DESTROY what was in there. I got the part that I needed and that was the end of that. But ya, I know where your coming from. You spend countless hours and of course a few bucks for somthing nice, and someone comes along and either has no clue to what their are doing or somtimes it makes ya wonder if they care. Let me know on that name brand of that stripper. I will look around and see if I can find somthing comparable, or the same stuff. I know its not cheap, nothings cheap anymore, even if its FREE!! LOL!! Bill Lewiston Id.

From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Prepping Plastic Parts For Painting (Bill)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:20:35 -0500

Bill I will have to look in my paint locker for the name of the stripper I am going to use. I believe it is also made by SEM but I have to check and get the part no#. It is in an aerosol car and was not cheap. I think 12$ a can retail. My friend got me 4 cans for 8$ a piece but that was 1 1/2 years ago. On the cheap paint subject. On the metal part of the door that is not covered by the door panel on my orange Hornet I use a generic cheap paint I buy from Sherman Williams. I buy it by the case as I use it also on my model cars. 6 11oz. cans 16$. I buy a case of gloss and flat black just to have on hand. The secret is preparation preparation preparation. I used the flat black as a primer and then the gloss for the finish. I am one serious pain when it comes to preparation. The true test of all of this came yesterday when the windows were tinted. When the guy tinted the windows he used duct tape to hold the felt window track and eye brows away from the glass taping them to the black painted part of the door to get the tint in. I was really concerned about when he pulled the tape off it would also pull off the paint. It didn't. In some cases maybe not all it might be like when you buy somthing from Sears that has their name on it but you know it is made by a major manufacture. All I know is I am happy the tape didn't pull of any paint. One other thing is the paint which is enamel was painted on around a year ago so it was definitely cured. I used the same paint on my metal interior parts on my yellow Hornet 5-6 years ago and it still looks like new. "Doc"

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From: "William T. Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Prepping Plastic Parts For Painting (Bill)
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:27:15 -0000

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@... wrote: > > Bill sanding plastic parts that you painted previously that were not > prepared properly is not a good idea. For one the paint left on after > sanding may interact with the new paint and cause everything to lift and > secondly you may still not get all the contaminated areas clean. I would > recommend a plastic bumper paint stripper to remove all the old paint. > Experiment on a small out of sight piece to see if it will work rather > than the whole part and taking the chance on reining the whole part. I > am using some plastic bumper stripper on some rubber 77 AMX flairs that > were painted. I tested the stripper on an extra one I have to make sure > it stripped the paint and did not harm the part. Next use the proper > paint. SEM makes a plastic / vinal paint in all sorts of colors and > depending on what you are painting there is a different cleaner used > before you paint it and in the case of a plastic part there is also a > semi-gloss clear you can use over the color to make it more durable like > on package trays and consoles. I have used it on all the plastic parts > on the interior in my orange car from the tan headliner to the tan > package tray and even to freshen up the factory black replacement parts > I used. Now he whole interior is a nice black instead of that puke tan. > On the dehydrator most of you interior parts will be to big to fit into > one. The SEM dries to the touch in 1/2 hour and completely hard in 24 > hours. > "Doc" > Thanks for the tips there Doc!! Greatly appreciate it. I kinda had an idea about the parts not fitting into the dehydrator. But small parts would fit and there is no telling how many small parts I am going to end up with. As far as chemically stripping parts, that is a far better idea than sanding for hours and I am kind of worried about having to sand plastic, its not like this is a big giant model that I can run down to the hobby store and get a new one. I know that I will have to be carefull when it comes down to the stripping. Use the wrong kind or too much I may end up with a puddle of plastic. I will tell ya from experience that I will be using a good brand of paint. I used cheap wally world primer paint on my Chevy L.U.V. truck. And I am talking CHEAP FRIGGIN PAINT HERE!! LOL!! Paint that cost .98 cents a can is NOT the kind of paint that I will be using on my Gremlin. The very first time I went to the car wash and washed all the mud and crap off of my truck after a small 4 wheelin' trip, washed the primer paint right off!! LOL!! I am not mad...well, not now any way, I have to laugh and smile about it now.. Its what ya learn from experience. Hey, its a four wheelin' get down and get dirty truck, I am not worried about the paint. I left it primered for a reason. I am not going to put a nice shiny paint job on my truck and be worried about it getting scratched when I head down the trail. Now my Gremlin will be a different story... Do you have a name brand for that stripper?? I may not be able to get that brand of stripper here in the west. I have noticed that some of the things that people in the mid west and east coast can get I cant get out here in the west. Dont ask me why....I have no idea.. Its like a brand of potato chip that my X used to like...cant get them out here in the west but as soon as you get over the big river that divides this country..I could get them just about everywhere...strange huh?? And it probably goes both ways...stuff we have out here in the west... I bet you cant get out east either.. Thanks for the tips Doc.. Bill Lewiston Id.