Getting the Paint off---Slowly!

[Galla Creek Arky]

Here is a picture of my cub without some of the paint. It is a slow go.

This is some of the parts I have sanded.
http://www.cswnet.com/~lrenfroe/cub/ This is the site
of with the pictures. The ones loaded May 24...are the newest!

[Scott]

wow you went all out on that. I just cleaned and lightly sanded my cast iron

[beaconlight]

Nice looking kid in a couple of those shots. Some of your before pictures will help with decal placement when you get to that part.

Bill

[Joey]

Larry: How are you going to fix that rusted, pitted area on the floor board by the battery? Are you replacing the floorboard or patching it up?

[Galla Creek Arky]

I bought a used floor board from a fellow who lives about 2 hours
drive from me. I have not picked it up as of yet. But my plan is
to just replace it with the one I bought!

[Galla Creek Arky]

the kid in the pictures of the 50s model cub...is now all grown up,
graduated from college twice, and getting married this August.
she is still my baby even though she is 25 years old now!

Those pictures were some I found of a cub I owned in 1980. I
have had a few others and am looking for the pictures of them.

[Dan England]

Larry: What did you use to get the metal so clean? Did you use a stripping fluid? They really look nice. Dan

[Galla Creek Arky]

Well, I know that noone believes that! So I will tell the truth. I used a
steel brush on a 4 inch hand grinder. And lots of elbow grease in those
places the brush would not get to!

[Patbretagne]

Larry, I think I've said it before, If I were jealous, i'd be jealous of your work, well done
Pat

[Buzzard Wing]

Looks like us Larry's like to do things the same way! I have stripped EVERYTHING down to bare metal on mine. Could explain why it's taken me months not days or weeks. I used mostly a cup brush on a grinder.
I will be hard pressed to repeat that process with the 50... it just takes forever. I put the primer to it as soon as I am done for the day, that also makes for a slow process, but I believe that it keeps any rust from starting.

Keep up the good work.

['Country' Elliott]

Guys...Just a tip for those who don't want to use as much "elbow grease" as Larry did ...NAPA has spray cans of aircraft paint remover. WORKS GREAT ...but PLEASE USE IN A WELL VENTILLATED AREA AND WEAR A QUALITY BREATHING MASK ! As a general safety rule: Always a good quality breathing mask (and safety glasses) when sanding...removing rust with a brush wheel, or priming & painting! Only 1 set of eyes & lungs to each of us so don't risk yours!

[MADSCIENTIST]

This may or may not be of interest to anyone out there, but I have been stripping my tractor of it's old hide and found a way that seems to work the best. I found this stuff at the nearest home improvement store called "Citristrip" it is a orange colored gel. I paint it on thick with a natural bristle brush, the paint bubbles up and melts in about twenty minutes, then I blast it off with my pressure washer, right down to bare metal. Some areas are a little more persistant than others, but it hasn't taken more than two or three applications to clean it down to bare metal. The other bonus to using this stuff is that it doesn't have any noxious fumes, smells like oranges. Just wear gloves when you're using it of it will burn your hands.

[Buzzard Wing]

I did use some paste 'Aircraft Remover' and had marginal results. On the fenders it would only go to the primer and it really did not seem to work well on the cast iron stuff. It did work fine on sheet metal. BUT I was handicapped by the pretty severe cold this winter and only did little bits at a time because I was doing it in a garage where heat was at a premium... so pretty tough to get any kind of ventilation without loosing all the heat.
Country is right, I did make the investment in a good respirator. The respirator was cheap, but the correct filters are a bit pricey. Take a look at eBay for decent prices, but shop around before you commit.

[superc_1]

I've read on one site to put plastic over the airplane stripper and let it set and that should help in paint removal process. I have a friend who years age told me about using amonia mixed with 100% lie and water in a sprayer. Spray this on your tractor and you can stand back and watch the paint sled off the metal. After you finish rinse off with soapy water to neturalize the mix, and then you will have nice shiney sheet metal. Do this in a place you don't mine the grass to be killed.

[Jim Becker]

Be careful with these concoctions. Many of them will also take the serial number and data plates off.