just got my dream truck last night 65 c10, it was an older restore it its a little rough around the edges but will not take much to get her good, the clear coat is coming off pretty bad and would like to get it the rests of the way off i kinda like the look of the paint with out the clear on it? any ideas?
It's tough to say , but ***uming you have a base/ clear combo, sand to the prime and start over. If you use 320 wet, it should go fairly quickly and the prep work underneath can be preserved.
Yep sand it off. I would hand sand it. Don't use strippers (is this the correct spelling?) or chemicals to get it off.
Try a pressure washer. If you can catch an edge it might peel off in sheets. I stripped the majority of the clearcoat off a dodge truck that way.
Yeah- strippers don't do a good job. For starters, they charge you like $20 per song and they only really do the job halfway. You've gotta do it by hand wanna do it right. Otherwise you risk ruining the finish. Double entendres aside, if you want to take it back to metal, I've used that Circa 1850 furniture stripper and it works amazing- it also softens anything it leaves behind so it can be easily sanded by hand. But if you're looking to cut the clearcoat, you're going to need to hand-sand it.
The formulation of basecoat paints, that is paints that are made to be clearcoated, is such that there are no ingredients in the paint that make it durable...it just isn't made to be used without a clearcoat. The BC will disolve in solvents and reducers. So even if it were possible to somehow remove the clear without damaging the BC, you still would not have a finish that would work for you. I would recommend having the existing finish soda blasted off and start from the beginning with a new paint job.
this will not be a perment job, just while i am doing body work and getting everything how i want it , it has the clear flakeing off pretty bad and looks like ****.
Ive also had good luck with an air nozzle hooked up to the compressor. Just let it blow full power and at the same time just rub it with your hand a little to help it come off. (damn that sounds dirty) Its basically the same as the pressure washer just a little easier on the paint.
when GM had the Delamination isses in the 90's, we stripped the cars with razor blades there is products out there, but I haven't tried them http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/kle...learcoat-basecoat-remover-efs459-p-12819.aspx
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