paul connor Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 what is the easiest and cheapest less messy way? I was going to use a scraper and a heat gun... A wee bit of Nitromors and hopefully that would solve it... is there anything else? As I dont want to be there for days and up to my arms in chemicals and dust! discuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 If it is ex military a pickaxe might be useful. The best way is choose a warm day :dunno: Get two pack commercial stripper, its stronger than standard Nitromorse. Go over the vehicle with a wire brush first, it gives a key for the strriper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andreadavide Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Heat gun isn't the best idea as it may even warp panels (as if they were straight from start...). andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 The last ex miltary Landy I stripped was 109 Artic FFR got thirty Tesco carrier bags of paint bits off it and gave up. The 101 is due for a respray :shake: that one i think save up and get proffesionally done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 lightweight Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Bear in mind that if you take it all the way back to aluminium, you will need a special primer/undercoat. When I re-did mine, I simply sanded it all flat so that the new coat had something to get hold of - mind you, the paint wasn't 1/4" thick it was fairly smooth :-D I may give mine a freshening up, have been trying to sell it for a year now and have come to the conclusion that it's the colour putting people off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Well knowing what it took to take the paint of my Artic FFR that I sold to buy the 101, I'm RAPIDALY going off the idea even more. Tha took hammer and chisel. :shake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rambo1969 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I have painted about 20 landy's over the years so here's my advice. Don't bother trying to strip the paint off, it take's forever and is hard work. Get yourself a dual action sander which takes sticky disc's and NOT velcro, velcro discs cost a fortune. I have just bought a s/h one from ebay for £70. Use the sander to flat down the paint and then paint straight over it. Those of you that have seen my landy can see how good it looks and I did it the same way. I flatted my 110 in about 5 hrs with a sander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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what is the easiest and cheapest less messy way?
I was going to use a scraper and a heat gun... A wee bit of Nitromors and hopefully that would solve it... is there anything else?
As I dont want to be there for days and up to my arms in chemicals and dust!
discuss
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