Author Topic: Stripping seats. (Read 5290 times)

Scott · « **on:** June 11, 2009, 12:45:08 PM »

I have seats out of an 80 in my vette. Someone has painted the shells white. The paint is thick and cracked. I want to remove the paint before I re-install the seats. The shells are some sort of injected fibreglass I believe. What paint stripper should I be using to get the paint off? I'll go chat to the paint supplies guy if I can, but they are normally closed on weekends. Bunnings will be useless, so I'm not bothering with them.

Cheers
Scott

77CVT · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2009, 03:18:32 PM »

got a place that uses baking soda? Apparently that stuff is pretty gentle.

sirfixalot · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2009, 05:02:22 PM »

I got a large dish & filled with general purpose thinners put each piece in and use a paint brush to coat each piece will take all the paint off back to the bare shell repaint to colour you want.

nifty · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:56:29 PM »

ive heard of media blasting with walnut shells is also pretty good for delicate parts.... make a few calls to blasting places, ive heard they can cover the material ( if still on) and just blast the back so no damage at the front... dont quote me, its just what ive heard.