Sandblaster or something to strip some paint.

[BonsaiTiger]

Near Brisbane? Anyone know anyone who will be able to do this? or maybe who might have some gear and be willing to share for a carton of piss? Had a look on the net but only found a load of industrial companies who only accept big jobs, tried emailing a few of them but none of them got back to me. pants.

[team_v]

I heard brake fluid does wonders for paint stripping.

[ontarv]

brake fluid can also stay on the metal and repel new paint
super cheap sell hand held sand blasters for about $40 ish and $15 for a bucket of grit good for smaller jobs

[BonsaiTiger]

brake fluid can also stay on the metal and repel new paint
super cheap sell hand held sand blasters for about $40 ish and $15 for a bucket of grit good for smaller jobs

Great idea! thanks for that mate.

I suppose thats less work than a hand held sander would be, possibly!

[team_v]

Hume's Bodyworks at Albion is also apparently a very good body shop.

[Transporter]

I heard brake fluid does wonders for paint stripping.

I wouldn't use the brake fluid for that.

For the big areas there are the paint strippers and good old fashion orbital sander does a good job on them. The smaller areas that aren't that easy to sand, I would attack them with the hand held sand blaster.

[BonsaiTiger]

Cheers I'll check them out. I'll probably end up doing it myself. What's the point in having a mk1 if you don't at least try and do it yourself? Might as well be a new car!

[Stan]

angle grinder and a nylon wheel works wonders

[ryana89]

The sand blasting sand @ Supercheap is far to fine to strip paint (unless its flaking off).
I ended up doing what Stan did and attacked it with a grinder.

[BonsaiTiger]

The sand blasting sand @ Supercheap is far to fine to strip paint (unless its flaking off).
I ended up doing what Stan did and attacked it with a grinder.

Ahhh ok cool. Time to start shopping for an angle grinder. I'm only prepping a set of wheels. I've done it before but last time I did it with sandpaper by hand!! Took a week!