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Title: Removing fake woodgrain Post by: on October 14, 2006, 06:16:05 pm Greetings,
I have a Rock-Ola CCC5 I picked up for free a month or so ago. It's my first machine. After I plugged it in and saw that the compressor ran and chilled, I decided I'd paint it up and put it in the basement. It had fake wood paneling applied on the sides and front panel. Since that's not the look I'm hoping for I started removing it. It came off the sides real easy and it was painted underneath. However, on the front panel, it was clearly applied at the factory before the metal was bent/cut. This is proving much more difficult to remove, especially around the bends and edges. Any ideas for removing this stuff? Title: Removing fake woodgrain Post by: dr galaga on October 14, 2006, 07:01:41 pm Have you tried applying heat to it?
Title: Removing fake woodgrain Post by: bubba on October 14, 2006, 07:48:45 pm yep... try some heat from either a hair dryer or even better is a heat gun.
Title: Removing fake woodgrain Post by: johnieG on October 14, 2006, 08:18:18 pm Since your going to paint anyway, I'd use a spray on paintstripper such as "aircraft" stripper, most auto supply houses carry it in the paint section, as do the big box stores such as home depot, lowes, etc.
remove the door & lay it flat, decal side up on any good surface covered with newspapers (several layers) with open air exposure ( garage door open) wearing gloves & a long sleeve shirt & goggles, spray the paint stripper lightly over the surface of the decals front/face & wait about 10 minutes it will turn into a very soft plastic matieral that will pull-off with no effort, ( remember, don't get it on you skin, you won't notice it at first, but in about 15 minutes it will burn your skin like lye) it's the easist way I've found to remove large sections of the woodgrain vinyl ( so long as you are going to paint anyway) Title: Removing fake woodgrain Post by: Marvin on October 14, 2006, 10:20:17 pm I have never used it, but I have seen "woodgrain remover" at the automotive paint supply stores.
Marvin Title: Removing fake woodgrain Post by: on October 15, 2006, 08:53:49 am (Marvin @ Oct. 14 2006,11:20) QUOTE I have never used it, but I have seen "woodgrain remover" at the automotive paint supply stores. Marvin Thanks guys, I was hoping for a chemical solution. I'll try the "aircraft" stripper first. I tried heating it with a hair dryer and it didn't seem to help much--when I got it loose it left a gummy residue still. |