74bayliner
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Hi, I wanted to gather some information, I dont know if this is the correct section to be posting under, but since i could not find a paint section. Here Goes...
Some of you may be Familiar with a thread some guy named BeeGee posted a How to Paint Aluminum (Especially Outdrives) somewhere on google... I really liked the process and was hoping to possibly do it on my outdrive...
So as far as paint removal goes, I am either going with a Glass Bead Blasting shop for 90 bucks an hour... or i will do it myself...
I tried yesterday using my own Harbor Freight Angle Grinder and a Poly Abrasive Disc... (works really well at getting paint and rust off of the aluminum trailer i used to have)
Question is...
I did not feel any damage on the drive (my junk drive) after i tested the Disc on it... and it looked fine and aluminum looked great, and it literally took seconds to remove the hard to remove volvo paint (so they say)..
Is there any potential damage i am creating .. .removing the paint this way?
and second part of the question is... I want to use 2 Part Epoxy Polyurethane coatings... would that work for me?
And since i dont want to use the Spray Paint that volvo provides i will just get a 2 Part Epox. Poly. coating in the color grey that closely matches it...
Please view the videos and tell me if this is an ok thing to do...
sorry for the long pauses in the video its because i had to set my phone down while i was using the grinder.. not too long though. thanks in advance. -vlad
Some of you may be Familiar with a thread some guy named BeeGee posted a How to Paint Aluminum (Especially Outdrives) somewhere on google... I really liked the process and was hoping to possibly do it on my outdrive...
So as far as paint removal goes, I am either going with a Glass Bead Blasting shop for 90 bucks an hour... or i will do it myself...
I tried yesterday using my own Harbor Freight Angle Grinder and a Poly Abrasive Disc... (works really well at getting paint and rust off of the aluminum trailer i used to have)
Question is...
I did not feel any damage on the drive (my junk drive) after i tested the Disc on it... and it looked fine and aluminum looked great, and it literally took seconds to remove the hard to remove volvo paint (so they say)..
Is there any potential damage i am creating .. .removing the paint this way?
and second part of the question is... I want to use 2 Part Epoxy Polyurethane coatings... would that work for me?
And since i dont want to use the Spray Paint that volvo provides i will just get a 2 Part Epox. Poly. coating in the color grey that closely matches it...
Please view the videos and tell me if this is an ok thing to do...
sorry for the long pauses in the video its because i had to set my phone down while i was using the grinder.. not too long though. thanks in advance. -vlad
