[R-390] Front panel paint removal

[Joe]

I am also stripping one, the aircraft grade strips like a breeze.
Sprayed a 50:50 ford gray enamel with a tint of blue + bake and it look
great,
Thinking about going with a new UV activated 500 mesh passed glow
powder/acrylic mix for the engrave lettering, knobs
The stuff is white in normal light.
Claims are holding capacity ten times ZnS(zinc sulfide) based pigments
(10-20 hour's)
Anyone tried any of these stuff ?
 http://www.proglow.com/

Others
http://www.rctritec.com/w_sln2.html
http://www.glo-net.com/glow/effect/index.html
http://www.magicmakers.com/retail/lighting/glowpaint.html

-Joe


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott, Barry (Clyde B) <cbscott@ingr.com>
To: R390 (E-mail) <R-390@mailman.qth.net>
Date: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:25 AM
Subject: [R-390] Front panel paint removal


>I'm starting on another front panel restoration -- this one with
stamped/engraved lettering.  When I did my first one, it was silkscreened so
I was able to just wet-sand the old paint right off.  With this lettering,
naturally I want to remove the paint from the tiny grooves as well.
>
>I'd prefer to minimize any sanding I might do as this could decrease the
goove depths.  Granted, it would be a lot of sanding to do this, but I'd
rather not go there.
>
>I tried a bit of acetone and it was rather ineffective (the original paint
is quite tough).  What paint strippers have worked best for those who have
done this?  I'm concerned about the corrosive effects of some strippers on
the aluminum.  I suppose it can be neutralized, but I wanted to find out
what the "professionals" have used.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Barry - N4BUQ
>
>
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