How much paint are you removing.

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

I think Joe's post also points out that people need to use caution when wanting to wet sand their daily driver.

Tim

[macdude]

Fantastic write-up SS. Great stuff!

[DETLMAN]

Awesome write up Joe ! I love it.

Let me just add one thing to the list of variables, Joe mentioned that the had removed x amount of clear which is within safe specs for film build removal/paint correction. One thing to keep in mind is that unless you know the entire history of that vehicle you don't know if someone else has already removed 2-3 mils of paint over the life of the vehicle, that would put the paint into the too thin category and would be subject to failure.

Joe makes it look easy, be careful even considering wet sanding your paint finish.

[Superior Shine]

Brian is absolutly correct. Get an idea what the thickness should be for your paticular year make model and color of vehicle.

Last night I wanted to burn the paint and take readings as I GRINDED on the paint.

This paticular area measured at 4.2 mils when I started.
It took three times with diamond cut and a wool pad to get a dull hazy look to the paint. It measured at 2.3 mils and was very hot to the touch. At this point I am sure I was into the base coat.

One more buff got me down into the primer and measured 2.0 mils.

That is a total of 2.2 mils removed.

You can see the black on the white wool pad from the base coat.

[HotRodGuy]

you are a nut

[Lt1Corvette]

Great Writeup.
That answered a lot of curiosity's I have had for a while. The only other thing I think would have been interesting though extremely time consuming would be to see how many passes it took with and 8006 + g-100+ 83 to remove .1 mil of clear. Simply because I have seen that asked a great deal.

Great writeup Joe,

[TOGWT]

Thank you for spending your time/resources to provide us with the information and your insights…/

FWIW-I have this info. book marked for reference (I don’t remember its source)

German and Japanese cars: 4-5 Mils (1 Mil=1000th of an inch)
With the exception of:
Lexus-White and Tan: 5-7 Mils, Lexus- Black and Silver: 4.5-6 Mils
BMW: Silver: 6-7 Mils
FORD: Approx. 5.5-7 Mils
GM Cars and Trucks: Approx. 4.5-6.0 Mils, Jimmys and Blazers: approx 7 Mils
Chrysler: Approx. 5.5-7 Mils (Note Sebring hoods are fiberglass)
Dodge Cars: Similar to Chrysler
Dodge Trucks and newer Ram Pick-ups: Cab approx. Mils and the boxes approx 9 Mils
Jaguar: approx. 6-7.5 Mils (but they tend to vary)
Jeep Grand Cherokee: These read approx. 6-8 Mils, Wranglers: approx. 4.5-5.5 Mils

[RamAirV1]

Great info, TOGWT! Are all Sebring hoods fiberglass within the last 2-3 years? I was trying some clay and cleaner wax on my sister's Sebring and did not notice if it was fiberglass or not.

RamAirV1

[Scottwax]

Great write up and pictures, Joe. Very informative and well written. This should be a forum sticky for all eternity!

[Tim Lingor]

Originally posted by Scottwax
Great write up and pictures, Joe. Very informative and well written. This should be a forum sticky for all eternity!

Consider it done!!!

[KevinA]

Very informative article.

I really like the '63 or '64 Riviera in the background - my dream car!

[OrangeRcode]

Great info, thanks for taking the time to document this.

[Superior Shine]

Again thanks for the kind words.

My car is a 64.

[atclew]

Originally posted by Superior Shine
Again thanks for the kind words.

My car is a 64.

We need to tell Buick to bring back the Riviera!!!

Thanks for the great write-up Joe!

[RamAirV1]

GM needs to bring back the Riviera with an LS1 (or LS2) V8. That would be a perfect match!

RamAirV1