House paint on, house paint off Daniel Sonn

[Mac2Night]

Anyone able to recommend how to "safely" remove house paint from a Bronco without damaging the original paint underneath.... the original owner painted the Bronco to match his boat with some Benjamin Moore!

 

[broncodriver99]

Latex or oil based?

Latex you could probably get some latex remover(flooring) and cut it so it will soften the paint then use a pressure washer.

Oil based? No idea.

 

[thegreatjustino]

How much time and patience do you have? Get some 300 grit sandpaper and wet sand it with plenty of soapy water until you start to see the original paint. Then switch to 600 and wet sand with plenty of soap again until the house paint is gone. Cut and buff it and it should look alright. This will take forever especially if the house paint is on there thick.

The first question I would ask is how do you know the original paint underneath is even in good enough shape to try and bring back? If the original paint was in rough condition when it was painted, you should just dry sand off the house paint, then get a nice modern paint job using the original paint as a base to paint on.

 

[Crush]

Sometimes a pressure washer with trip very close will take it off. The. What it doesn't get u can maybe use terpentine to get the rest. But like Justino said. Is the paint under any good? Is it even the original paint job? If u Nswer no to she's two questions. Just buy some stripper and take it all off the. Start fresh

 

[Mac2Night]

Great suggestions all.

Supposedly, the paint was fine but the original owner decided to paint it brown to match his tan boat. Of course, I will look at it closer before doing anything. I will test a spot and see what is actually underneath and if it is quality, then I will progress from there.

 

[Crush]

Also if it was painted with old lacquer brush paint, you can wet sand out any imperfections and buff to a high shine. I have seen it done! Lol

 

[orange69]

I used some furniture remover stuff on the inside of my hardtop to remove the glue that was left over from the PO putting indoor/outdoor carpet on it. I used a razor blade to remove it and surprizingly not much paint came off. So using a plastic scraper, I think it would work. Like others mentioned, try a small spot first. Seems like it was kinda time sensitive; the longer it sat the more paint it removed. Being house paint, that furniture remover usually bubbles that paint really quick. Good luck.

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

Ugh! I feel for you brother. The previous owner of my 72 did that and it took forever to get that crap off. Used aircraft stripper on a few parts, which helped, but what a mess. Good luck!