Removal of old aged and weathered woodgrain

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  1. AK Limo Wagon

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    Hello
    I could use some help with the removal of old aged and weathered woodgrain from 1975 that just does not want to let loose of the car. I have tried heat and scraping, and it worked a little but that good. Sanding it just gooped up the sand paper.
    thanks!
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Heat, like a handheld heat gun or hair dryer? They generally take way too long. Use a clothes iron and a bath towel; hang the bath towel down the side, set the iron to high, and go one small (iron-sized) area at a time. It always takes a long time, no simple or fast method for it, so just ice a bunch of beer in a cooler, sit on that cooler, begin working to peel them.
     
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    Wetting the towel will increase its effectiveness
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Oh, yeah, I forgot that because the steam function on the iron won't work vertically. Thank you.
     
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    Thanks for all the help! That will give me a couple things to try. If it were not do huge it wouldn't seem so overwhelming lol!
    Thanks!
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Hopefully, you'll get that done soon. As for your other thread, on the gas tanks, you have not been able to locate new parts? Would newer parts be able to fit and work?
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Hopefully, you'll get that done soon. As for your other thread, on the gas tanks, you have not been able to locate new parts? Would newer parts be able to fit and work?
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Hopefully, you'll get that done soon. As for your other thread, on the gas tanks, you have not been able to locate new parts? Would newer parts be able to fit and work?
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Hopefully, you'll get that done soon. As for your other thread, on the gas tanks, you have not been able to locate new parts? Would newer parts be able to fit and work?
     

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