Norman,you know our paint site for rolling paint they have a new forum there. And I asked for a sticky on different color mixing to come up with other colors. It had been a while since I been there and seen it last night. Also how did you remove your woodgrain decal?
Like the normal woodgrain vinyl novice, I went and dropped $33.00 for a 1 quart can of 3M's adhesive remover for woodgrain, and rubbed my fingers to the bone. It works, like watching molasses. But I recognized the smell, like a more watery version of GOOD OLD PAINT REMOVER. So I checked the MSDS on the 3M product, and the LePage PolyStrippa. Most of the same compounds. A one quart can of LePage's costs $9. Took me half a day, and two quarts. In comparison I used half the 3M stuff and got about 2 square feet off (half one rear quarter panel). Now here's the deal!!!! Buy a box of those disposible rubber gloves (the ones with all the 5 fingers, not the one finger Trojans ) And change them the second you see them open up or you feel that nice cool sensation. That stuff loves skin, like a hungry shark! It's fairly thick, but it does run. So you do an area about 12" X 12", brushing on with a cheap fence painting brush, and use a decent 1.5 or 2" inch scraper (not too sharp, but flexible) and wait for it to bubble up a bit (about 2 to 3 minutes if it's cool out (70F), and NOT in sunlight, and scrape it off slowly. Repeat if there's still some on. The Anatomy of Woodgrain Vinyl (story too short for popcorn ) It's got a clear layer, a woodgrain overlay under that, and the brown layer with a layer of adhesive between it and your paint. You'll find that it sometimes comes up all together, and sometimes not. No harm if it dries on you, but don't do a bigger area. It dries up pretty quick. Between coats of the Polystrippa, wash off with water, before it dries. You need a bucket of water by your side for cleaning the scraper from the muck, AND another to clean off your fingers (changing gloves or getting rid of any PolyStrippa that got to your skin.) You'll sometimes see the adhesive balled up as your scraper, just dip your scraper in the water, clean it off, and try to get off with more Strippa. Overlap by about 2" inches on the next adjacent section. Wash off each section before you do the next one so that the Strippa doesn't eat your paint. It has Hydrocloric Acid. The 3M stuff works fine on pinstripes and new woodgrain (under a year or two), but this old stuff is sunbaked. Anything else?
