NSW Corvettes

Technical Tips => Interiors - Trim - Seats - Carpets => Topic started by: Scott on June 11, 2009, 12:45:08 PM

Title: Stripping seats.
Post by: 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

Title: Stripping seats.
Post by: 77CVT on June 11, 2009, 03:18:32 PM

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

Title: Stripping seats.
Post by: sirfixalot 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.

Title: Stripping seats.
Post by: nifty 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.