Gerahead's 71 Dart

Well . . . . the conclusion on the currently available chemical stripper for removing automotive paint is that they are WORTHLESS! I applied the first coat of stripper and about the only thing it removed was some spray bomb paint on the surface. The quarter extensions have several coats of paint on them (surprise!). So I tried scuffing up the surface and trying the stripper again. That seemed to help a little, but this is an extremely slow process. I have a sunflower wheel that is made up of lots of small diameter "rods" of an abrasive impregnated plastic that I thought that I would try. It is much less aggressive than what I used on the rest of the paint removal project. I was able to reasonably control the pressure on the part and it seemed to work pretty well. All of the compound curves, especially some of the tight curves, still makes it tough to get at all of the surfaces. Following this up with the DA sander leaves a pretty decent surface to work with, but is also hard to get into the tight areas. Then I remembered that many years ago I bought a 2" pneumatic DA! The secret weapon! The disc that was on it was of unknown grit, but seemed to work pretty well. Now if I could just remember where I put the rest of the sanding discs that came with it . . . .