Brazilian Dodge Dart 76 (similar to 69 usa)

Hi momoparman

I know I will have to clean the grill a lot before paint. But first step is to remove week paint.

I wish to try paint remover but I was pretty sure that it would melt the grill plastic. Thus, I googled for plastic paint stripper and some forums told about brake fluid..

I left it about 30 min... plastic is ok.. A key point is brake fluid (dot 3 i.e) is highly higroscopic. It means that brake fluid likes water a lot and absorves it from enviroment... thus.. a lot of water cleans brake fluid very easy. Another piece adivse a friend told me is to use hot water and Dish Washing Liquid Detergent.

finnally, I tested in my grill a degreaser.. works fine and does not attack plastic

Now I'm grease_fobic on my parts .. :pirate:

I will try to glue plastic pieces using acetone.. pieces of plastic melted on acetone. Later, I will use a thin fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin to reinforce some places.

momoparman said

Brake fluid?

Alex you may have issues re-painting if that brake fluid seeps into that old dry plastic. You may want to clean up again with rubbing alcohol and set that grill out in the sun so it can bake the oil residue off.

I would hate to see you have to clean all 108 squares again...

Keep up the good work.

Mop

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