Matthew Taylor's Journal

11-28-15
My mentor for this project, Jerry, is no fan of the heavy commercial "aviation" paint strippers available today, especially for use in the home garage. Most of his "recommendations" were actually "requirements", and the choose of stripper was not optional - "Capt Lees Spra Strip". Capt Lees is far more gentle on fingers, fumes and clean up - its water soluble! It can be deactivated on the car with alcohol as well. Very easy to work with, not as easy to find. Jerry started using it when he was stripping Corvettes - it wont eat the fiberglass - and that's where I had to go to get it - online Corvette suppliers. I ordered 2 gallons - and we have 2/3 of one left. Cole and I hit it hard during the Thanksgiving break, and put the paint job in a cardboard box with a couple of putty knives. We used a drill and wire wheels to get in all the nooks and crannies. The only thing left on the car was a light residue of melted pigment that had hardened, and the deeper body filler pockets. And there were a ton of those.