I have recently aquired this 41 Tudor. The car has had a scuff and spray job done on it at some point in its life. Although whoever painted it forgot about the scuffing part of that job, I've used a blow gun and removed a bit of the blue paint off the factory black paint. I'm just wondering if there's a better way to get this car back to the factory black? I do for the most part plan on painting the car at some point but if I can get it back to black I'd really love to. Thanks in advance.
Yep, heated water through a pressure washer might do wonders to get most of it off if air blew off areas as you show. Seems like the best thing to try so as not to mess up the original paint.
I was able to scrape some spray bomb black paint off of the steering column in my Nomad. Tedious, used a razor blade. Get what you can off with pressure washer and experiment.
The blue paint may be falling off the spots on the car that still has black paint. If there were dents, rust or rot [probable] that was repaired there won't be any black to reveal. I would start scraping, with a razor blade as suggested, in the areas most prone for possible repairs. sides of fenders , lower quarter panels , bottom of doors etc.. A little time researching may keep you from uncovering a calico cat, Jackson Pollack, Partridge family bus looking paint job
The spray job has protected the metal from harmful surface rust or greater damage. Seems to be doing it at this very moment.
I get that you want to remove the ugly blue, but from experience....42 years in Auto Collision repair and restoration, that is going to be a HUGE job, and then, as others said, there bound to be body damage under the blue. Every car I have ever stripped the paint on had hidden damage. Every one. Then..there’s all the areas that the blue will stick well and then you end up destroying the original paint trying to remove it. I’ve tried the razor blade scrape trick and it still gouges the under layers. Paint stripper will ruin all paint. I’m not saying don’t do it, but I guarantee that halfway through the process, you are going to question your decision and sanity. You mentioned eventually repainting it someday. I would be inclined to just drive it as is for now and laugh about the peeling blue until I could do it right.
Iron Trap did 'down to original' paint removal on a panel. I think he said it took 40 hours of hard work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFkOYPuSc8 What @Bugguts says is the truth. In modern times, it's like removing a wrap. You hope that it's pristine paint under, but that is never the case.
I should've added that I am a bodyman by trade and I do know what I'm getting myself into in terms of labor or not knowing what's under it. There's a bunch of spots all around the car where there's rust bubbling under the paint that I want to take care of before they get bad anyway, but I'm pretty confident this car has never had any previous bodywork done to it so I am really curious to see if I can get the black paint to show back up and how well I could get it to look. I have just never tried doing anything like this before so I'm not even really sure where to start. Was thinking just using like 600 and an interface pad on a DA and spending like a whole month doing It and hoping i don't burn through the black, seeing what other people say they've done and weighing options really. Thanks
Off the wall idea..... try oven cleaner on a small inconspicuous spot. The other thought I had is try a steamer (the type used on drapes etc.)
Pretty sure that the... Diamond Gloss... Earl Schieb Blue wouldn't be affected... by any oven cleaner... BUT... if the black lacquer is original...IT will be good luck
That's what worries me with doing any chemical stripper on the car, I know any of that will take the lacquer right off no problem but is gonna struggle with whatever this blue paint is, I think it was painted in the early 2000s so my guess is it's acrylic single stage.
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