Paint removal
 

Hi everyone

I'm restoring and re furnishing my jetlegend f-15c and ATM it's in bi centennial colours which I'm not a great fan of
is there anything on the market. As in paint stripper I can use to remove the old paint ?
not only will it help me find areas that may need work but gives me a fresh canvas so to speak

Use Klean-Strip brand Fiberglass Paint Remover. I bought a gallon from an automotive paint store locally. It's formulated to strip paint, acrylic, polyurethane, lacquer, and enamel from fiberglass. Automotive body shops use it for corvettes and fiberglass tops.

I stripped a Composite ARF MiG15 with it, and it worked perfectly. Brush it on the surface, wait a little while for it to bubble the paint, then scrape it off with a putty knife and paper towels. Wear gloves, and wash the stripped parts with soapy water to remove any residue before painting.

Good Luck.

Regards, Les

Please don't use a putty knife, unless it is PLASTIC. Use a Bondo Squeegee or an old credit card. A metal putty knife will dig into the fiberglass and will have to be repaired.

Thanks for the great advice I'll take a trip to my local body shop supplier and see what I can pick up. :D

You can also use with carefuly a heat gun to soft and remove the paint.

I have one of these in the same colour scheme.
are you sure it isn't just painted in the mould????
just a quick flatting down and repaint if it is.

they are painted in the mould so stripping it wont help you just flat it down degrease it and paint it

Hi all

yes it was painted in the mould but. , the previous owner must of had a hard landing and the gear gave out & cracked the fuse :(
He repaired it really badly and I was able to remove the repair without tools ! Luckily or unluckily ...?
so I've repaired it properly with carbon fibre and carbon kevlar reinforcement along with some thin pre made GRP
& now it's structurally sound :)
It was done very similarly to the picture I supported a thin piece of GRP either 0.37mm or 0.50 mm thick in place with CA glued wooden spars which are sanded to follow the bend of the fuselage the two white formers are to hold the GRP to the correct curvature of the fuse until the epoxy based resin & carbon fibre or glass fibre cures holding it in shape..

anyways along with this he decided to paint over the really bad repair with some really nasty paintwork which fills panel lines so they're invisible

so this is the paint I wish to remove firstly to get rid of it but mostly to check there are no more botched repairs underneath
soon as I final finish the repair with some epoxy based filler consisting of glass balloons and silca I can take it to the paint shop and have it primed ready for me to weather and paint :cool:

And get her flying again

thanks Anthony

Paint Stripper
 

ab007:
I do not know if you can get it in the UK but here in the states we have a non toxic paint stripper called Citristrip (http://www.wmbarr.com/product.aspx?catid=36&prodid=63). This is really great and I have used it to strip polyurethane from my BVM Maverick and am now using it on a Viper I am refinishing. I apply it and it must sit for a few hours to a few days depending on what kind of paint you are stripping. If it is something like a rattle can paint then it will lift the paint off in about 6 hours. If stripping a catalyzed paint (auto paint) then I have applied multiple coats over a two day period. The nice thing about this stuff is that it is non toxic, does not affect fiberglass covered wings. I let it wrinkle the paint, then scrape off as much as I can with an old credit card. Clean the surface with water, let the surface dry for a day or so and then begin the sanding process. Here is a link to a couple of threads on the refinishing.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...347346&page=20

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2012593

Ed

If you cover the citristrip with plastic it can help it stay wet and work faster. I stripped some industrial epoxy off of 6000 sf of concrete tile floor this way. It worked much better than just spreading it on and waiting.

Hi

I've looked everywhere for it. But it's not available here In the UK to the best of my knowledge I've not looked at the local store but it would be advertised on the www if they did.
So I may have to find something else :-/

ab007:
I wonder if you could order it from the on line stores. I have ordered similar products from Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...ip%2Caps%2C270 )

I paint all of my planes with PPG auto paints and when talking to my local supplier one time he told me that they carried a paint stripper that was used on fiberglass cars like the Corvette. Might try to see if you local auto paint supplier has something. The really nice thing about the Cirtistrip is that it is non toxic.

Ed

Well I'm not sure ? I can order from Amazon.co.uk but I'm not sure if I can order from amazon.com ? As it would mean it's overseas? And the cost of postage may outweigh the benefits of just finding something similar here. I've not really had a good look if I'm honest I've had other projects going on as well so I've been doing little bits here and there and trying to source things and parts In-between when i can
but when I can I'll pop in my local paint supplier and see what they have. There must be something over here available suitable for fibreglass ....if not I'll be doing some sanding :confused:

I tried NitroMors from B&Q and wasn't strong enough to shift three layers of paint on my Euro...but they do a stronger version that I didn't try. Maybe give that a go.

ab007:
I know that you are having trouble finding the Citristrip but here are a couple of photos of what is is doing to a BVM Viper I am restoring.

Ed