Removing door skins

[deltabronco]

What is the best way to remove the doorskins????

 

[NicksTrix]

4.5 in disc grinder down the side edge with some 36 grit. you aren't reusuing it, so it's a matter of what gets it off quick and easy without tearing up the inner skin.
use something (spot weld cutter, zizz wheel) to take the couple tacks off the flanges, grind the welded areas around the hinges. once you grind the edges off you can just peel back whats left.

besure to prime the flanges and inside of the inner skin before you put your new skin on. weld through primer is choice for flange areas.hth
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[englewoodcowboy]

4.5 in disc grinder down the side edge with some 36 grit. you aren't reusuing it, so it's a matter of what gets it off quick and easy without tearing up the inner skin.
use something (spot weld cutter, zizz wheel) to take the couple tacks off the flanges, grind the welded areas around the hinges. once you grind the edges off you can just peel back whats left.

besure to prime the flanges and inside of the inner skin before you put your new skin on. weld through primer is choice for flange areas.hth
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Dang Nick is on the ball, was gonna say the same thing. You can use cold galv as a weld through primer (basically the same stuff) and it is sometimes cheaper... you can find it at Home Depot and Lowes if need be.

 

[Bay0726]

Thats exactly what I did on my 69, and it works best!

 

[deltabronco]

thanks guys. I appericiate the advice. Nick, I will save that skin for you.

 

[NicksTrix]

delta, thanks for thinking of me i'll add it to my collection...

 

[302fix]

I'm looking to do this also.

Is it possible to re-skin a door when it is still bolted on?

I've got my doors to shut pretty good now and don't want to go through door alignment again if I can avoid it.

 

[302fix]

Anybody skin doors while they were still on or should I just take them off at the door sire of the hinge?

 

[broncokak]

My buddy Todd made a jig to hold the door while he skinned it. Just some square stock and placed to bolt the foor to it where the hinges are and the where the window track bolts go on the stike side. He removes the skin just as Nick does but he glues the new skin on...no welding. He's working on a set of doors now and I have to do mine sometime this summer too.

Sorry for the crappy cel phone picture...

 

[302fix]

Anybody skin doors while they were still on or should I just take them off at the door sire of the hinge?

NOPE. You need to take the door off to slip the hinge through the opening.