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Paint Prep on Twin Turbo Spoiler
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I will be acquiring a 993 twin turbo spoiler in the very near future. I would like to ask whether it is advisable to strip the old paint off the spoiler by media blasting with fine class bead (like I've been advised) or chemical stripping with a compatible chemical stripper?? Has anyone done either ? This of course if a complete color change is required. Thanks. Bill |
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05-07-2008, 06:54 PM
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You need to get a chemical stripper that is safe for Urethane/FRP. If you use Aircraft stripper or some of the other more agressive strippers you will damage the base plastic of the wing. I would NOT bead or sand blast it.
Stripping it will take several hours, especially if it has multiple paint jobs...lots of detail work with all of the louvres on the top of the wing. If the wing has only one coat of factory applied paint on it, and it is relatively nice, (few chips/dings), I would just sand it with 400 or 500 grit wet, wipe it down with SEM Solve, prime, and re-paint it the color of your choice. Good luck with your project! Sounds like a nice upgrade. Cooper
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05-07-2008, 07:30 PM
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Thank you for the input, The reason I decided to post the question is because an individual uses fine glass bead blasting on his plastic parts and the process does not appear to affect the substrate. It obviously sounded less messy.
I wanted to however post to my fellow pelicans to see if anyone had personally tried this process with any Porsche plastic type spoilers. I will certainly use the specialized chemical stripper formulated for plastic bumpers as the first option. The spoiler has the original paint plus 1 repaint in a different color. Regards, Bill |
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05-07-2008, 09:26 PM
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The turbo spoiler I'd like to repaint currently has 2 coats of paint. the original factory paint and 1 respray over the factory paint.
Would you recommend sanding off the second coat of paint then respraying or chemically stripping the entire turbo tail ? Regards, Bill |
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05-17-2008, 05:54 PM
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Why not just clean it up with some 320 dry and shoot it? Is it 1 or 2 stage?
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05-17-2008, 06:03 PM
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