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I've stripped some CPOs in my time. My old approach was just an overnight soak in acetone and then a scrape and sand the next day. If things got a bit sticky, then a heat gun along with the scraping.
Maybe I've been lucky in the past, but having just done a Playchoice 10 dual screen CPO, I have to say that whomever procured adhesive for Nintendo went above and beyond in their duty. That stuff does not want to come off. Hats off to you sir.
Steps I ended up taking (over 3 days):
- soak in acetone (removed some of the outer shiny part of the overlay)
- spray with goo gone and scrape (some of the overlay off)
- spray again with goo gone and scrape again (more of the overlay off)
- angle grinder with a stripping disc (gummed up the disc pretty quickly but finally started to see some metal)
- back to goo gone and a wire brush (now trying to get through the adhesive under the overlay)
- heat gun and scraper (now seeing most of the metal)
- final run over with the angle grinder and stripping disc (most of the rust and adhesive gone)
It's now soaking in some rust remover prior to a final sand and paint tomorrow.
Does anyone have any tips on doing this better? I actually have another one waiting but I'm tempted to put it off until I forget this experience.
It was in pretty bad shape. The attached pictures shows the bottom of the CP to give you an idea on the rust. And then the stripped panel.
Maybe I've been lucky in the past, but having just done a Playchoice 10 dual screen CPO, I have to say that whomever procured adhesive for Nintendo went above and beyond in their duty. That stuff does not want to come off. Hats off to you sir.
Steps I ended up taking (over 3 days):
- soak in acetone (removed some of the outer shiny part of the overlay)
- spray with goo gone and scrape (some of the overlay off)
- spray again with goo gone and scrape again (more of the overlay off)
- angle grinder with a stripping disc (gummed up the disc pretty quickly but finally started to see some metal)
- back to goo gone and a wire brush (now trying to get through the adhesive under the overlay)
- heat gun and scraper (now seeing most of the metal)
- final run over with the angle grinder and stripping disc (most of the rust and adhesive gone)
It's now soaking in some rust remover prior to a final sand and paint tomorrow.
Does anyone have any tips on doing this better? I actually have another one waiting but I'm tempted to put it off until I forget this experience.
It was in pretty bad shape. The attached pictures shows the bottom of the CP to give you an idea on the rust. And then the stripped panel.