11 replies to this topic

[nickadees]

This may well be a stupid question so bare with me.

 

I have just picked up a mini its had a couple of new wings put on and the join to the skuttle has been fillered over, now i know that the filler will end up cracking and I'm going to be going through the whole car sorting the patches of rust and the paint is rough anyway so not worried about that. What is the best way to remove the filler?

[nicklouse]

Sand it back.

[Richie83]

Have they been filled or seam sealed?

[Sam]

I always try and chip it off if possible. Sanding it will be safer for the panel but it will make a huge dusty mess of your workshop.

[mattmiglia]

I had the same when I started on my shell, I slapped some paint stripper on and removed paint cleanly so it was obvious exactly where the metal started and finished and then a mix of sanding and chipping it out

[Daviewonder]

A wire wheel.

[nickadees]

awesome cheers guys :) its a rolling resto so i still get to enjoy using it, its soooo good being behind the wheel of a mini again.

[nickadees]

Have they been filled or seam sealed?

filler all over it not just in the join all over the area, so i may end up discovering something not nice but better to find out now :)

[myredmini]

Heat gun and a scraper takes it off with ease.

[Magneto]

What myredmini said, that's the easiest, quickest least messy way to do it.....

[nicnoo]

_{Agree, heat gun and a scraper .}

[tiger99]

Some paint strippers will remove filler but you may need repeated applications. Nitromors used to work ok, but I an not sure uf the formulation has changed for health and safety reasons. There are industrial products for the job, which are better. Google should find them. Some will remove epoxy, which could be useful if you ever need to remove any epoxy primer. Mostly you will be dealing with polyester.

But I would suggest only using chemicals if heat or abrasive methods are not working for you. The previous suggestions are good, and my first attempt would be with a hot air gun if there was nothing heat sensitive nearby. Potentially far less messy.