paint strippers

[rsk68]

Hi Guys

I need a local paint stripper or plastic media blast, I'm in the LosAngeles area or Sanfernando Valley, any leads would be helpfull.

Thanks

[Mkelcy]

Hi Guys

I need a local paint stripper or plastic media blast, I'm in the LosAngeles area or Sanfernando Valley, any leads would be helpfull.

Thanks

Acid dipping:

PSC ( Painting & Stripping Corporation)
10051 Greenleaf Ave., Santa Fe Springs
(562) 946-1521

Media Blasting:

Blasting Specialties
10051 Greenleaf Ave
Santa Fe Springs, CA
(562) 903-1090

[novanutcase]

I'd be VERY wary of acid dipping as I have heard from several body men that you can get leaching later on in the life of your paint job. Media blasting has the same effect but with dust and sand coming out of crevices now matter how much the blast the shell with air. I suggest that you strip it chemically with aircraft stripper. It's not as messy as some people would lead you to believe and you won't have the issues that I mentioned above.

[toxicz28]

I'd be VERY wary of acid dipping as I have heard from several body men that you can get leaching later on in the life of your paint job.

A GOOD shop that acid dips cars is going to water dip afterwards, and possibly even edp the shell. What I would be concerned about is the shell dissolving in the acid bath.

[Mkelcy]

I'd be VERY wary of acid dipping as I have heard from several body men that you can get leaching later on in the life of your paint job. Media blasting has the same effect but with dust and sand coming out of crevices now matter how much the blast the shell with air. I suggest that you strip it chemically with aircraft stripper. It's not as messy as some people would lead you to believe and you won't have the issues that I mentioned above.

I'm told PSC dips the shell, pulls it and dips it into a neutralizer; they inspect the car and then dip it in the acid again if there's reason to do so after the inspection. If they redip it in acid they again dip it into a neutralizer. Then they bake it and finally dip it into primer. By dipping it into primer, they get primer everywhere the acid and neutralizer went. I've not used them yet myself, so this is only what I've been told by a very happy customer. It sounds like a pretty decent approach to me.

Media Blasting also offers to prime the car, but they spray it, and I don't know how much cleanup they do before priming. Again, I've not used them yet, so this is only what I've been told by Media Blasting.

PSC wants the car stripped of everything, including suspension, so you find yourself either building a dolly, or otherwise getting the shell on a trailer/flatbed to get it there. They will unload/reload the shell. I assume Media Blasting will take a rolling shell.

[rsk68]

Hey guys thanks for the reply's, I only need to do the front sheetmetal, hood fenders cowl and some small parts, i found a soda blast facility a few miles down the road from my work in camarillo, its expenive though, he wants 125 per fender alone, ill call the shops mentioned in this thread.

Thanks