Liv:
Try lightly sanding the painted grill before you use the easy off
oven cleaner. The breaks in the finish, will help the oven cleaner
penetrate the paint.
Bob
www.capecodbritishcarclub.org
Livia Haasper wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> we're certainly all interested in stripping..............LOL...
> OK, I've tried a few things with the plastic grill for the last two
> days. Brake fluid alone did not do the job.
> Easy Off oven cleaner seems to be most effective. It's still a very
> slow process. I let the product sit and work its magic for about 2
> hours. It will then take a thin layer of paint off in certain areas.
> I'll then to over the entire surface with brake fluid, which seems to
> soften the paint a bit more. I'd say half of the paint is removed at
> this point.
> I've tried to find a good stripper for plastic models in a craft shop.
> So far, not one shop carried such a product but my search is not over.
> I'm determined to get this job done.
> Cheers
> Liv
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: KHOCO@aol.com <mailto:KHOCO@aol.com>
> To: rgreene@whoi.edu <mailto:rgreene@whoi.edu> ;
> wilivhaasper@sympatico.ca <mailto:wilivhaasper@sympatico.ca>
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <mailto:spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: stripping a plastic grill
>
> Hi Bob
> I gotta try the oven cleaner, Sounds neat.Wonder if it would
> work on metal.
> Ken Copeland
> 70 GT6+ KC78784 (Future restoration, (Maybe a GT8))
> 70 Spit FDU84919 (Body doner)
> 70 GT6+ KC81551 (Future Spit GT)
> 71 Porsche 911T (Ok so I like 70s)
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