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Post by pauls on Nov 5, 2016 19:22:15 GMT -8
I have started stripping the paint off of my trailer this afternoon. The PO had painted some of the trailer with house paint and some of the original trailer paint is in other sections. I spent several hours and got about 3/4 of one side finished. My question is this...there is a bit of the original paint left in the seams and creases of the siding. Is this a concern? Does it need to be 100% stripped bare or am I over thinking it? Thanks
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Post by nccamper on Nov 5, 2016 19:42:31 GMT -8
It look me a week to get 5 gallons of house paint off my first camper.
Are you usual Jasco or something strong?
The more you take off the smoother the new finish but sanded down the old paint shouldn't hurt if it's a solid base.
If you can feel it, you will see it once you paint.
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Post by jeremiah on Nov 11, 2016 6:58:03 GMT -8
I am considering removing the paint and polish the aluminum skin . 60 percent is already off. What do you think is mild to aluminum and will remove the paint? Has anyone polished a trailer other than an Avon ?
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Post by nccamper on Nov 11, 2016 10:30:18 GMT -8
I am considering removing the paint and polish the aluminum skin . 60 percent is already off. What do you think is mild to aluminum and will remove the paint? Has anyone polished a trailer other than an Avon ? Jasco is a powerful chemical stripper that works fast. CitriStrip is suppose to be safer but it is much slower working. I've used both with good results on aluminum. If the safer one doesn't work move on to Jasco. Both are sold at Home Depot or Lowes. I like Blue Magic polish, others like Mother's, on airstream they use a multi step polish you can buy at vintagetrailersupply.com Mill finish aluminum you find under most paint jobs doesn't polish to the high shine of an Airstream but I think it looks good. |
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Post by Dad Rambles on Nov 11, 2016 18:02:39 GMT -8
I was thinking about this today. I have only flaking original paint. I wonder if a good pressure washer (while it's off the camper) will take it off? Otherwise I think I'm going to try the citri strip first. Any thoughts on this?
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Post by theresa on Nov 11, 2016 19:40:13 GMT -8
I honestly wouldn't waste my time with CitriStrip unless you have specific reasons for wanting to use it. I'd just go right to the Jasco or similar. It eats through quicker and saves time.
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Post by nccamper on Nov 11, 2016 19:52:40 GMT -8
I honestly wouldn't waste my time with CitriStrip unless you have specific reasons for wanting to use it. I'd just go right to the Jasco or similar. It eats through quicker and saves time. I like the way you think. My beautiful wife the granola eating tree hugger would disagree. -- With Jasco, goggles, industrial rubber gloves and plenty of ventilation. The stuff actually melted two pairs of Heavy industrial rubber gloves on one camper. But it works. |
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Post by theresa on Nov 11, 2016 20:07:57 GMT -8
Work smarter, not harder.
The environment is screwed from much worse things than my gallon or two of heavy-duty paint stripper. And I do try to be responsible and catch the paint/chemical drippings on a drop cloth rather than let it just fall to the ground. |
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Post by bev on Nov 13, 2016 3:30:59 GMT -8
this post got me thinking.
i had a hunch that jasco is made of acetone. i geeked it:
Dichloromethane {Methylene chloride; R-30;
Freon 30}
25.0 -40.0 % PA8050000
67-56-1 Methanol {Methyl alcohol; Carbinol; Wood
alcohol}
10.0 -30.0 % PC1400000
108-88-3 Toluene {Benzene, Methyl-; Toluol} 10.0 -20.0 % XS5250000
67-64-1 Acetone {2-Propanone}
other than being very noxious and if you use a respirator and gloves, it is safe in my opinion. i would think that once the solvents evaporate, what's mostly left behind is the old paint. not trying to be political, but if you are willing to drive a car and use the a/c with freon, a quart or 2 of jasco isn't much different.
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Post by jeremiah on Nov 13, 2016 6:34:55 GMT -8
Great info . Is there anywhere on this site that had any pictures if a basic painted trailer that is being stripped and polished to look cool ?
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Post by nccamper on Nov 13, 2016 9:48:34 GMT -8
Great info . Is there anywhere on this site that had any pictures if a basic painted trailer that is being stripped and polished to look cool ? Before  during   After  Never an Aistream shine but nice. A lot of work. |
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Post by danrhodes on Nov 13, 2016 14:41:31 GMT -8
You also need a "now" photo ;-)
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Post by nccamper on Nov 13, 2016 19:15:24 GMT -8
now...   Why? The short answer, the roof and a side panel had issues that required that I replace them. Once you have a unique polished/bare metal look there is no way to match it with new aluminum. It's either replace all the panels or paint. I miss the old look but my wife thinks this will be great when it's finished. As Bigbill says, Happy wife, happy life. |
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Post by msgoehring on Nov 13, 2016 19:22:55 GMT -8
OMG nc, I didn't realize that your forester was the trailer you spent weeks stripping, bummer. Sam got a funny look today while we were visiting my parents and I mentioned I was pricing new skin for the entire trailer. He said if he'd known I wanted to replace all the skin he wouldn't have fought so hard for so long to remove all the old paint. I told him that at the time I didn't think we could afford it, but now I'm wondering if we can. You just can't make some people happy 😇
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Post by nccamper on Nov 13, 2016 19:49:09 GMT -8
OMG nc, I didn't realize that your forester was the trailer you spent weeks stripping, bummer. Sam got a funny look today while we were visiting my parents and I mentioned I was pricing new skin for the entire trailer. He said if he'd known I wanted to replace all the skin he wouldn't have fought so hard for so long to remove all the old paint. I told him that at the time I didn't think we could afford it, but now I'm wondering if we can. You just can't make some people happy 😇 I feel Sam's pain. I never did a deep restore on the Forester because it was usable and other campers kept taking it's place in the queue. The right way to handle the skin (as nobody knows better than me and Sam) is do the repairs before stripping the paint. Once the repairs are done you can reinstall the skin and get out the Toxic chemical. O'well, life is a learning curve. |
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