Alu. lid paint

[Zithlord]

I have an alu. lid for my 71S, and I want to remove the paint. It has no damages, but it is going back to its original color Albert blue. I am afraid of damaging the lid. How would you recommend to remove the paint as carefully as needed? (the paint remover I can get is very week over here, almost no effect on old paint)

John

[70SATMan]

Send that nasty thing to me and I'll clean it up. Shipping should be cheap. It's very light.

Light hand with soda blast and lowered pressure? I wouldn't sand except by hand and at that lightly. I'd try whatever paint stripper you can get over there anyway. Barring that, soak in brake fluid???

[67Porsche911S]

I would recommend as well to get the proper paint stripper. Ask at a known paint shop, they know what to use. I would use only a chemical process.

[Zithlord]

Thanks guys, I will ask a painter I know if he has something stronger than they sell in the shop. I guess a light sanding with wet sanding paper afterwords. Then of to the painter(another painter)!

John

[jan]

yes, use a good paint remover and its difficult to find in shop nowadays
clean it to bare metal and give it to a professional painter who should put special primer for aluminium .

we use a primer from SIKKENS and it need to "bake" at 60 degrees celsius.

[OliveR]

You can use prof paint stripper,already done on al decklid

[Zithlord]

Got hold of some better stripper this evening, tested it and the paint went of in 2-3 minutes!

Thanks
John