This might be the paint shop's way of telling you they would rather
control the entire process. No telling what chemical you will use and
whether you follow the instructions for proper neutralization. Also,
paint shops are picky about how they strip around the windows. Many
strip only to within 1/2 to 1 inch and sand from there. This eliminates
the possibility of stripper getting into the glass or sealant. No
stripper there means no messed up glass and no peeling paint around the
windows where the remnants of the stripper could dwell.

Also, the time a plane is left stripped and the conditions it is left
stripped in are important. Stripped and left too long (especially
outside and/or near a coastline), the corrosion process may make
subsequent steps in the process ineffective. Or they may have to do the
subsequent steps more than once and use up expensive chemicals
(expensive to buy and dispose of).

For a production shop, stripping is not as big of a deal as you might
think. They spray it on, have a squad of high school kids scrape it off
with plastic scrapers, and then they power wash off the rest.

For the rest of us who have never done it, it can be a disastrously
messy job. And, the shops have proper disposal methods set up for the
used stripper AND the water they use to wash it off. Try this at your
local airport and pray a governmental official does not show up.

Given the potential for disaster if a paint job fails, these shops just
want to make sure they don't introduce more risk.

Good Luck,
Mike

VideoGuy wrote:
"rip" wrote in message
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Interesting question! My Navion hasn't been painted in 53 years, so
she's going into the shop in early April for a new coat. I asked exactly
that, since I had originally intended to do the entire job myself. Lack
of space and time nixed that idea. When I proposed stripping the old
paint myself, the universal reply was "go ahead, but we're going to do
it again anyway to make sure it's up to snuff. You won't save any money,
and you'll waste a lot of time".

Rip


Am I missing something here? How can you strip the paint twice? Does
stripping mean more than removing paint?

Thanks
Gary- maybe been inhaling paint fumes too long- Kasten




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