Need sugestions on how to srtip front bumper cover.

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jbon302

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I am in the middle of preping my 91 Gt for paint. The front bumper cover had the typical road dings and pits from rocks flying up and hitting it.
i hit it with a power washer and it knocked off about 75% of the paint off. Does anyone know of an easier way of removing the rest of the paint?

 

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mister5150

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Airplane paint stripper from autozone let it sit for a min hit it whit the power washer again should fall right of..good luck

 

joncash

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mister5150 said:

Airplane paint stripper from autozone let it sit for a min hit it whit the power washer again should fall right of..good luck

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Yeah, aircraft stripper on 20 year-old plastic...
Read here:
Prepping Urethane Bumpers and Plastic Parts

 

liljoe07

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LOL Airplane stripper can definately cause some problems. Its not even recommended for plastic.

 

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soda blast it. Works well on my fiero projects and theys all plastic.

 

IApony

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I use something similar to this.

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mister5150 said:

Airplane paint stripper from autozone let it sit for a min hit it whit the power washer again should fall right of..good luck

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I think he just wants to remove the paint, not the whole bumper

100-200 grit sand paper and and orbital sander to remove the paint, then atleast 400 to take the scratches out.