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Topic: Stripping paint from rubber?
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1880
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 12-06-2002 09:47 PM
   
Well, I now know how to strip paint from everything from metal to plastic to fiberglass, and now I'm looking at the rubber bumper on my '72. Does standard paint stripper and rags, followed by 400 grain sandpaper sound good?
Thanks!
Simon
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73trials
Gearhead Posts: 882
From: New Orleans, La. M&M member # 1752
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-06-2002 10:41 PM
Mustang Monthly july 2000 had an article on that, they used a DA with 80-grit sandpaper to remove the paint. That's how I plan on doing mine, not sure if paint stripper will harm the rubber.  ------------------
Erwin
'73 convertible 351c 2V C-6, hopefully will be done someday...
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1880
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 12-06-2002 11:46 PM
Woops, brain not working ... DA surely does not mean District Attorney, does it???
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73trials
Gearhead Posts: 882
From: New Orleans, La. M&M member # 1752
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-06-2002 11:55 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Fastback68:
Woops, brain not working ... DA surely does not mean District Attorney, does it???
Hehehe... Sorry! DA= dual-action sander.
Of course, if you can get a district attorney to do it for you, all the better!  ------------------ Erwin
'73 convertible 351c 2V C-6, hopefully will be done someday... [This message has been edited by 73trials (edited 12-06-2002).]
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soaring
Gearhead Posts: 116
From: New Mexico
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 08:26 AM
My caution is that you should not put any chemical on plastic surfaces you wish to refurbish.
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1880
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 12-07-2002 08:55 PM
Well, there was me trying to figure out the result of stripper + rubber = ???
And now I learn the bumper isn't covered in rubber at all, but polyurethane!
Urethane is highly resistant to all sorts of nasty stuff, but I agree -- paint stripper's not a good idea.
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