paint question ( updated )

[stevepeanut]

Someone who owned my cortina previous to me, has done a bad job of painting the boot black. Looks like the paint is straight on top of the old green, bits are coming off, and it doesnt look like the green was even sanded to help the paint stick. I want all the black off. I have chipped a few bits off with my thumb nail and it comes off with the green looking ok.

 

Any one got an idea how I can get all the black off reasonably quickly but without damaging the green under it?

 

I will strip the boot eventually and get it sprayed, but I just want a short term solution for now. Cos I dont like the black boot and bonnet anyway

 

 

 

[Copey]

2000 gritt wet n dry, lots of fairy and then give it a damn good buff with a rubbing compound and then polish it up

[Fishtailparka]

Try some thinners on it and see what happens. Just try a little bit somewhere that won't show up too much if it goes tits up.

There's a good chance the black is out of a Halfords rattle can and will come straight off.

[GT_lenny]

Try some thinners on it and see what happens. Just try a little bit somewhere that won't show up too much if it goes tits up.

There's a good chance the black is out of a Halfords rattle can and will come straight off.

 

just what i was gonna say

[stevepeanut]

cool I'll try the thinners first, if that doesnt do the job I'll go for the wet n dry

[Fiesta Steve]

Steam cleaner will blow it straight off

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

thinners will do it but make sure you only do a little bit at a time and wash it off so it doesnt ruin the green paint

[stevepeanut]

Steam cleaner will blow it straight off

 

just borrowed one of those off me mam so our lass can do the carpets, might give that a go too

[Fiesta Steve]

Carpets ?? I thinking of the the high pressure type ones that you'd use to clean lorry chassis' etc.. Your house would be soaked

[stevepeanut]

this one I got off my mam is a household one, cleans carpets, steams off wallpaper, my mam used it to do the oven, sounds very different to the one you mentioned Steve!

[Fiesta Steve]

this one I got off my mam is a household one, cleans carpets, steams off wallpaper, my mam used it to do the oven, sounds very different to the one you mentioned Steve!

 

lol, it might work

 

The type I'm on about is like a pressure washer but uses steam

[stevepeanut]

bought a tin of thinners tonight, tried for about 10 mins in one spot on the boot, and it started to come away but only a tiny tiny amount. So using this route is going to take days and days. So I think its time to try the wet and dry

[vibrating_Cake]

i'd take a cloth and the thinners to a jetwash (or use a home one) the home ones are the best cause you can adjust the spray to a single point which is really powerful!

 

just coat the bootlid gently in thinners and leave for a minute or two, then attack it with the jetwash as close as you can, see if that works?

 

ive found on bad prep work jetwash does wonders to ripping the paint off

 

and i'd run some 1000grit rather than 2000grit, until you see lots of green, then do the 2000grit, itll take you weeks with 2000 =)

 

then whack some polish on the green and hope for the best =)