[Heathkit] Bead Blasting

[Jim Wilhite]

Right on, I use a thing called "Aircraft Paint Stripper" that I buy at 
my local auto parts store.  Some of the old baked enamel is difficult to 
remove and requires two or three applications, but it is better than the 
bead blasting.  Bead blasting also deforms the metal to a small degree 
if you use too much air pressure.  Removing paint from aluminum panels 
with stripper is a snap.  That is the best alternative.

Jim/W5JO


----- Original Message ----- 



> As a restorer of old Harley's of 30+ years I have a ton of experience 
> with
> removing paint and re coating. Yea I know a HD isn't a radio but 
> paint's
> paint.
> Glen is correct about the cost. If you are not going to do this type 
> work as
> a paying hobby,as the Don would say,"Forget about it".
> Go to Ace Hardware and pick up a couple quarts of Strypeze Gel paint 
> remover
> a couple cheap paint brushes and some rubber gloves and remove the 
> paint
> chemically.. Caution: paint stripper is also skin stripper!
> After stripping paint wash it at least twice and make sure all the 
> remover
> is gone or needless to say, it will mess up your new paint.
>
>
>
> 
> 73& God Bless
> Bill Price_K4FLH