New restore underway, paint removal help

GoneMad

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Well, here it is, another pac restore. Been meaning to start this for a long time now. I need a little help on the paint removal though. The top layer is coming off easy, but now that I'm down to the original paint, it's not budging at all. This is what I am using. http://www.swingpaints.com/1806us_can.htm Also, do I want to remove ALL the original and sand right down to the wood before I start with the bondo/fill? Any tips on this are welcome. I will take some pics along the way but wait till I'm done to post. I have two original Pac pcb's and also have Shilmover's multi pac I may install.

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Never used that stuff- I've always had good luck with Citristrip. The side art looks to be in decent shape under all those paint layers- are you trying to save the original art?
 
Never used that stuff- I've always had good luck with Citristrip. The side art looks to be in decent shape under all those paint layers- are you trying to save the original art?
I wasn't planning on it. The bottom needs a little TLC and there are some minor knicks and dings in it. I may look around for something else when I get most of the heavy stuff off. But like you said, the art is not in that bad of shape, so far.
 
I figured this stuff out. You just need to be VERY liberal with it. You can actually watch the paint blister. Here's the other side with only one application of stripper. That's taking off one layer of primer and probably a few coats of black paint and part of the original.
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I used Citristrip on mine with a couple of applications and then used an orbital sander with 60 grit followed by 120 grit then 220 grit. The sides came out nice and smooth.

Went from this:

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to this:

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to this:

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I've been slowly picking away at this. I have it stripped and an finishing up the bondo.

Here's my deal. I am not what so ever experienced at applying decals. Painting and stuff, pretty good. I don't know if I should paint the cab and then just get the sideart printed, or actually get the whole side printed, including the yellow. Any of these vector files are hard to find. Any suggestions?
 
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