De-Wooding Grunt -UPDATE-

[BIG BAD JON]

Okay, after trying B-12, WD-40, OOPS!, Nail Polish Remover, and lighter fluid, I have finally found something that works...but maybe TOO GOOD! This stuff is called "Strypeeze". It looks like a pink transparent paint stuff. You wipe it on with a brush like you were painting it, then you can just scrape the adhesive off like it was just laying there. Problem is, my clear coat is non-existent on the so-called front fender flares. As you probably guessed, it started removing the paint from them. The clear coat is still fine under the woodgrain, so its unharmed. If this stuff lays there long enough, it will start making the woodgrain bubble, and you can just scrape it off with a plastic putty knife.

I thought I would post this in case someone else is at their wit's end trying to figure out how to get that stupid adhesive off. It seems to have no effect on paint that still has a clear-coat. It might if you leave it on long enough though... :rolleyes: It can be thinned just like paint too, but according to the can, you can use water. Oh, and keep a bucket of soapy water with at all times. So you get the stuff off as soon as the adhesives and woodgrain is gone. It could eat through the clear coat too! :eek:

[mark32725]

Where did you buy the stuff??

[shadowfax101]

I used a form of paint striper on mine, but mine was spray one. It even had a nice orange smell. I got it from K-mart...
It did not hurt my pait, worked wounderfully

[Cliff]

I have never removed the woodgrain, but I have removed striping from cars. I just used a blow dryer. Once heated, it peels right off. The trick is finding a solvent to remove the adhesive left behind. I found this stuff called ethyl acetate that worked good. It's used in printing inks. At the time I was working in a print shop, so I had access to it.

[BIG BAD JON]

I bought it at ACE Hardware. I could basically care less about my paint right now since its fixing to get a new paintjob. Im waiting right now for my headache to go away so I can get started again. :rolleyes:

[JeepBountyHunter]

:eek: Bad News!..the headache you have...will last a few weeks, then the tremors start in...after that you sweat...and well........ :D Naw kidding you....wish I had this stuff when I did my one fender! :cool:

[BIG BAD JON]

Originally posted by chiefwidetrack:
...wish I had this stuff when I did my one fender! :cool: LOL! Thats about how much Ive got done right now!

[Ed Jack]

I found, doing mine, the trick really was HEAT, the panels I did in the summer were a whole ton easier to do than the ones I did in the fall. In the end I used a heat gun (like a blowdryer, but hotter, I believe) and a plastic scraper, and a bunch of 3M adhesive remover.

I recently noticed that www.grandwagoneers.com (http://www.grandwagoneers.com) sells a removal "kit" don't know what exactly it includes, but would be curious.

And let me say, very glad to have mine all off now. Can't wait til it warms up some to start thinkin about paintin. Oh, and for those keeping score, I think in the end it took about 1 1/2 hours per panel. And I did have the paint all peel off with the shelfpaper on one fender, prior repaint, perhaps?

[ January 26, 2003, 09:07 PM: Message edited by: Ed Jack ]

[Jake_S]

I used Goof Off on the adhesive that was left after I removed the grain. It didn't hurt the paint, actually, the paint that was under the grain has a better shine to it han what was left exposed for the last 20 years.
Jake

[Rich 89 Gr. Wag]

Strypeez (sp) is a legitimate paint remover. I used it as a kid to strip a 66 Pontiac Grand Prix to bare metal. The longer you leave it on, my more it works.