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How To Take Off An Old (Bad) Respray


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#1 NDT

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Posted 26 January 2017 - 09:57 AM

I'm restoring a 1962 mk 1 - which was originally Smoke Grey but has been painted a horrible dark grey colour - some of which is now peeling off.

Any suggestions of how to remove it while leaving the original paint as undamaged as possible?

 

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#2 nicklouse

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Posted 26 January 2017 - 09:58 AM

nope.

 

prep and respray.



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Posted 26 January 2017 - 11:40 AM

No Chance saving old paint....strip it all off and start afresh with good paint.



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Posted 26 January 2017 - 12:03 PM

That's what I feared.

Might try to take the bad stuff off and leave the original paint as a base for a respray.



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Posted 26 January 2017 - 10:07 PM

Take it all back. The best base for a re spray is no paint (i.e. bare metal). As you have to take off all the peeling paint anyway it won't be an awful lot more work.

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Posted 26 January 2017 - 11:10 PM

Depending on how badly the prep for the respray was you may be able to remove the grey with scotch brite and thinners.

If you're careful you may be able to scrub the paint away revealing the original colour. I've seen it done before on small patches to find and match original paint but it would be a hell of a chaw to do a whole car.

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Posted 28 January 2017 - 11:53 AM

The original paint will be cellulose, you need to check to see what paint was used for the respray.
Put I bit of cellulose thinners on a cloth and rub the paint work, if there is paint on the cloth the new paint is cellulose, if not, put 2k thinners on a cloth and rub again, if paint on the cloth its 2k paint.
If its 2k you can remove the paint using 2k thinners, if its cellulose then you will need to flat and paint again.



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Posted 28 January 2017 - 07:17 PM

To do the job properly you will need to strip all the paint off and get back to bare metal. Then power sand and remove any rust, treating any rusty areas where new panels/welding are not required with 'Kurust' or similar. Then etch prime, prime and paint.



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Posted 28 January 2017 - 10:46 PM

If its peeling there are products out there to just remove 1 layer of paint. WOrth a try and I've seen these used on bad recent paintjobs.
But its a high cost and very labour intensive. 






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