I would watch sandblasting. It heats and warps, especially if there is a lot
of paint to remove. A chemical strip and then sanding or glass media blast
works well
Mike Sersen
:-{)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Various stuff...catching up, mostly
> Dave -
>
> Pull out the yellow pages and locate a sandblasting place near you. This
is
> the painless way of getting parts cleaned. The place that I patronize has
> many large industrial contracts, so they don't mind helping out hobbiests
> and car restorers for a fraction of what they charge their big clients.
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Charles Gedraitis" <dcg@xxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:01 PM
> Subject: [FWDLK] Various stuff...catching up, mostly
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been away from my email for a while (school stuff), so I'm going to
> > catch up with the last few days worth of email...
> >
> > I normally don't get involved in list discussions, and I'm sure you'll
be
> > happy to know I'm going to continue that, as they don't help my car go
any
> > better.
> >
> > Dave (Stragand, to clarify) is right, the Mazda rotary engine (the
> > wankle) does not have a harmonic balancer. In regards to Fluidampr's
> > product, I have used the dampers they put out, and they are great-good
> > service all around-don't hesitate to do business with them.
> >
> > The gas tank for the '55 was cleaned out and sealed inside, and a new
> > sender will be needed for it-in the process of getting one.
> >
> > I'll be putting up a site soon with the stories and pictures of past
> > restorations as well as current ones (jeez, when I say it like that, it
> > sounds like cars actually DO get finished around here).
> >
> > And my main question/point is I'm looking for a good/cheap way to remove
> > paint from car parts that have multiple layers of paint left on them.
I'm
> > re-doing all the parts in my engine compartment, and they have about 3
> > layers of paint on them. The current (slow) method is to remove a piece,
> > sand it to bare metal, prime and paint it, and put it aside. I'd like
some
> > way that isn't quite as time consuming-I don't mind sanding the parts
> > smoothe, but if there was a better way yo get the paint off beforehand,
> > I'd like to use it. So what is recommended? A sandblasting cabinet?
Paint
> > stripper (I'd prefer not to use anything too noxious, as my garage is
> > connected to my room). Thoughts on this?
> >
> > ~dave, in snowy massachusetts
> > '61 Newport
> > '67 Kaiser M-715
> > '91 Toyota Pickup
> >
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