All and all my trunk project was a success! It took me a little longer than I anticipated—mostly because of unexpected complications—but I don’t think my first project could have gone any better. Day one recap: http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=535695 I took Platonic Solid’s advice and used Peel Away 7 to remove the layers of paint, then used the wire wheel brush to remove the leftover paint and rust. The biggest problem with the Peel Away 7 was the mess! To be fair it wasn’t necessarily the Peel Away that caused the mess but the mixture of Peel Away and the 3M sealant that had been used at some point over the last 40 years to seal the car’s seams. It appears that a previous owner applied the sealant as a way to prevent rust. While his/her gamble worked, it created a huge mess. Think sticky black mayo! I think my garage floor may be permanently stained. Oh well…I’m moving in a few months anyway. I only applied the Peel Away for about 24 hours but I suggest leaving it on for a little longer—depending on the number of layers. There were about 2 coats of paint on top of the original Springtime Yellow. I think 48 hours would have been better than 24. Live and learn. I also think a twisted wire wheel brush would have worked better than the crimped brush I used. After stripping the entire trunk to the bare metal I applied the POR15—following the entire application process start to finish. I also coated the fuel tank and the underside of the rim which holds the tank. I’m not going to take any time to discuss POR15 because enough has been written about it. I think I’m going to apply this formula to the rear wheel wells next. Stay tuned.
Sounds like a great project. Take some pics if you have a camera and let's see how it looks. I think I am gonna pick up some peel away 7 and do the whole front of my car in front of the firewall. The engine is out so it hopefully will be easy.
I took a ton of pictures but I don't have a good graphics program installed on this computer. My real workhouse PC is down. I'm working on getting the PC up and running. Fuggin Microsoft...but alas...that's for another message board.
I'm gonna get a heat gun from the tool lending library here in the bay area both oakland and berkeley have a tool lending library. The guy in the day 1 posting that mentioned using a torch might have been able to do that with just a heat gun set on high. I used one of those scraping paint in my old house and I didn't even get crazy from the lead. yet. It would be interesting to see how easy it is with a paint scraper to get some of the big chunks off first before going to the wire wheel, then presumably the peel away. I would wire wheel away the heated gunk, but a face full of hot undercoat isn't my idea of a good time.
