The gnarly knotted type wire wheels 5-6" dia on a 4" angle grinder will
strip 1" swaths at a time to bare metal with little effort and heat
generation. It goes quick. Forget the brush type cones or wheels. Eye,
ear, and breathing protection required. Finish to 80 grit, prime. Finish
to 220, paint.
JR
Dweller in the cellar
stripped my whole Roadster to bare metal this way- kicks ass.
Gunner wrote:

Ive mated the "utility body" I swapped for, with the trailer I
scrounged up and am now at the point I need to do something about
painting, prior to wiring and bling.

The utility body..your typical Reading plumbers truck body, all bins
and whatnot, has badly peeling paint. While the base metal is
sound..it looks nasty.

What is the best way to strip off the old paint? My sandblaster buddy
is busy as hell and Ive been afraid that sandblasting may warp the
thin metal doors. Hitting it with a cup brush for a half day in 105F
heat is also unattractive.....and is likely to put swirls in the sheet
metal doors.

Buy a couple gallons of paint stripper?

Suggestions are gladly considered

Gunner


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