Tool advice

[golf4283]

Can someone please tell me what hte best way to strip the engine bay is?? Should i use an angle grinder or something like that?? I am just about ready to get started and was just wondering what is the best/easiest way to get this job done. Thanks Stangers!

 

[Hack]

Lots of ways, depending on your preferences.

For fast and easy, sandblasting is probably tops. Especially if you pay someone to do it for you. I think the best way is to have the entire car disassembled and take it to get blasted. But if you're just doing the engine compartment, it doesn't seem like that great of an idea to me. The sand gets everywhere.

After that, chemical stripper does a lot of work for you and speeds up the job.

I see where a lot of people here use a wire wheel or sandpaper discs. The posts I have read seem like it was a lot of work and time spent.

I'm not sure of other options. Probably start with stripper, then clean up the rest with a wire wheel.

 

[golf4283]

ok that sounds good with the stripper. can you recommend a brand and where to get it? like would home depot have it or something?

 

[muddslide]

I used a good paint stripper and sand paper, worked great and was fast.

 

[85GTlover]

For tight spots a drill with a wire wheel or a dremel type tool works very well, I too am in the process of doing that along with other extensive work on my car, stripping is a good idea, I just used tools to remove the paint, a grinder with a special wire wheel $20-30 works great but cannot reach many areas, that is why the drill and Dremel come in handy. Good luck.

 

[Hack]

ok that sounds good with the stripper. can you recommend a brand and where to get it? like would home depot have it or something?

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=448803&highlight=chemical+stripper

try this thread. I did a search for "chemical stripper". This and a bunch of other threads came up.