Guest KraZ4spd Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Well chalk one up to experience. Looks like I've got to get all this $#!+ off of my bay. Anybody have any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 They sell a solvent, but once it's cured, it takes some nasty chemicals to melt it. Heat gun? Torch? Dry ice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagz Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Just out of curiosity, why do you need to strip the POR-15? I was considering using it on my engine bay. I don't want to cause myself any problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 WAG Z: do not use that on your engine bay... it is not good for large surfaces and reacts to sunlight.I spray painted my engine bay and it looked great after the application but the next morning I wanted to cry when I saw that the liberal amont of reducer I used to spray properly orange peeled over nite. I started with a gloss black and now it is a flat black with very little exposure to the sun. The silver turns this god awful green tint too. To clean up my engine bay from the POR15 , I will use those roll loc scotch brite discs on an air grinder and a electric detail sander that uses those triangular velcro sanding pads. I will not be taking it all off and only cleaning up the nasty parts. The firewall area came out good but the passenger fender well is a mess while the drivers side is a hodge podge of flat and curly Q contradictions. POR sells a paint coating to cover the POR 15 allowing a different kind of paint to bond over the POR 15. I will probably use Hammerite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KraZ4spd Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I have had my engine bay painted with the gloss black Por-15 for about a year. I have not had any peeling or curling effect. Then again my engine isn't in yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 My problem was that I used too much reducer to thin the POR15 to properly spray in the small detail spray gun. The reducer caused the orange peel problem while the paint cured overnight. Why I used the POR 15 I do not know since, I did not even have rust under the battery tray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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