I would watch sandblasting. It heats and warps, especially if there is a lot of paint to remove. A chemical strip and then sanding or glass media blast works well Mike Sersen :-{) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Various stuff...catching up, mostly > Dave - > > Pull out the yellow pages and locate a sandblasting place near you. This is > the painless way of getting parts cleaned. The place that I patronize has > many large industrial contracts, so they don't mind helping out hobbiests > and car restorers for a fraction of what they charge their big clients. > > Ron > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Charles Gedraitis" <dcg@xxxxxxx> > To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:01 PM > Subject: [FWDLK] Various stuff...catching up, mostly > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've been away from my email for a while (school stuff), so I'm going to > > catch up with the last few days worth of email... > > > > I normally don't get involved in list discussions, and I'm sure you'll be > > happy to know I'm going to continue that, as they don't help my car go any > > better. > > > > Dave (Stragand, to clarify) is right, the Mazda rotary engine (the > > wankle) does not have a harmonic balancer. In regards to Fluidampr's > > product, I have used the dampers they put out, and they are great-good > > service all around-don't hesitate to do business with them. > > > > The gas tank for the '55 was cleaned out and sealed inside, and a new > > sender will be needed for it-in the process of getting one. > > > > I'll be putting up a site soon with the stories and pictures of past > > restorations as well as current ones (jeez, when I say it like that, it > > sounds like cars actually DO get finished around here). > > > > And my main question/point is I'm looking for a good/cheap way to remove > > paint from car parts that have multiple layers of paint left on them. I'm > > re-doing all the parts in my engine compartment, and they have about 3 > > layers of paint on them. The current (slow) method is to remove a piece, > > sand it to bare metal, prime and paint it, and put it aside. I'd like some > > way that isn't quite as time consuming-I don't mind sanding the parts > > smoothe, but if there was a better way yo get the paint off beforehand, > > I'd like to use it. So what is recommended? A sandblasting cabinet? Paint > > stripper (I'd prefer not to use anything too noxious, as my garage is > > connected to my room). Thoughts on this? > > > > ~dave, in snowy massachusetts > > '61 Newport > > '67 Kaiser M-715 > > '91 Toyota Pickup > >
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