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 8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
17th Jun, 2009 at 09:23:12am
I need to remove some paint from a large area of fibreglass. What's the quickest way of doing this? I was unsure if nitromors was okay?
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Site Admin  15302 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
17th Jun, 2009 at 09:29:56am
Does it need to come off altogether? As if you take it all off, you then have the trauma of getting new paint to stick to the fibreglass, e.g. will need etch priming.
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2497 Posts Member #: 1954 Post Whore Luton Bedfordshire |
17th Jun, 2009 at 09:34:44am
Your only option is to use a D.A. any form of paint striper will damage the composite structure. If you dont have to like Tom says try not to remove all the paint and if you do make the surface rough so the primer will key to it well if not it will peel like sun burnt skin. Own the day
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 6549 Posts Member #: 1149 #1 Basshunter Fan Force Racing ICT Dept Manager Miglia Turbo Am frum Yokshyer tha noes! |
17th Jun, 2009 at 09:40:12am
Good luck lol. Just scotch it off! Then re prime over the top.
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
17th Jun, 2009 at 11:20:18am
The problem is that its green and im painting mine white, so any stonechips in the future would show up alot more.
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2497 Posts Member #: 1954 Post Whore Luton Bedfordshire |
17th Jun, 2009 at 12:20:10pm
Your best of useing 2K its very forgiving on fibreglass resists chips well. Own the day
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
17th Jun, 2009 at 12:50:57pm
Lol, thats a lot of work to strip the paint off, just because stone chips might show up a little more, lol. How big are the stone chips in Chinnor? Edited by Sprocket on 17th Jun, 2009. On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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 367 Posts Member #: 1643 Senior Member West London |
17th Jun, 2009 at 06:04:27pm
Use an etch primer with fibreglass! Then top coat.
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84 Posts Member #: 2404 Advanced Member Braintree, Essex |
17th Jun, 2009 at 08:27:54pm
I've stripped entire GRP cars with Nitromors. It's no problem as long as you do a small area at a time and don't leave on on too long. It only takes off one layer at a time so stop when you get down to the primer, which is so soft it's easy to sand off. By the way, etch primer contains phosphoric acid, to bite into aluminium. It has absolutely no effect on polyester resin! Geoff |
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 2645 Posts Member #: 1246 Post Whore Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
19th Jun, 2009 at 10:06:16pm
I have used acetone in the past, working in small areas with a paint brush till it softens then wipe it off.
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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
19th Jun, 2009 at 10:12:25pm
I have been holding off for far too long! Fibreglass is gay, get some steel! On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it 
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11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
19th Jun, 2009 at 11:07:56pm
On 19th Jun, 2009 apbellamy said:
I have been holding off for far too long! Fibreglass is gay, get some steel! I agree 
Get some steel on there Although firbe glass has its place on a racer, just not a road car. IMO 
On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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78 Posts Member #: 6322 Advanced Member Bawdeswell, Norfolk |
22nd Jun, 2009 at 12:53:06pm
Have a look at http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?pro...stSubcat=POR-15
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 147 Posts Member #: 814 Advanced Member Utrecht, The Netherlands |
22nd Jun, 2009 at 09:34:31pm
What is "factory fibreglass"?? |
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78 Posts Member #: 6322 Advanced Member Bawdeswell, Norfolk |
22nd Jun, 2009 at 09:44:51pm
Not to make it sound basic, but surely thats the stuff produced in a factory?! Rather than the stuff applied in your shed as a repair? |
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