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Had a couple PRC-77s here from a customer, he needed one of them stripped and repainted as it had a LOT of previous paint jobs on it. I'm talking about 20 layers, it was actually soft, forming a cushy layer on the outside. The paint was so thick you couldn't see the screws on the latches of the battery box.
I did it the hard way, I don't have a beadblasting cabinet, and that would've made the job a lot quicker and easier, but don't have one yet. I opted for spray paint stripper from Lowe's, sprayed it on, scraped it off, and repeat. It took 8 times with the stripper to get all the paint off, and even then I had to go back and do touch up. Get enough of it off, then hit it with the wire brush and then wash under cold water. Get out the Craftsman Mouse sander and go to town on the remaining paint, it doesn't need to be completely stripped of paint, just smooth and even. I got it down to the bare metal in places, the "yellow death" primer in others. But the heavy paint mess from before was all gone. I swear I must have taken off a pound of just paint!
Last pics show it primed and painted, ready for use. The top where the controls are I left as is. It's a bitch to refinish that without a beadblasting cabinet, and then you have to retouch all the white lettering, etc. Besides, the box was the bad part, the control area was actually not bad.
I did it the hard way, I don't have a beadblasting cabinet, and that would've made the job a lot quicker and easier, but don't have one yet. I opted for spray paint stripper from Lowe's, sprayed it on, scraped it off, and repeat. It took 8 times with the stripper to get all the paint off, and even then I had to go back and do touch up. Get enough of it off, then hit it with the wire brush and then wash under cold water. Get out the Craftsman Mouse sander and go to town on the remaining paint, it doesn't need to be completely stripped of paint, just smooth and even. I got it down to the bare metal in places, the "yellow death" primer in others. But the heavy paint mess from before was all gone. I swear I must have taken off a pound of just paint!
Last pics show it primed and painted, ready for use. The top where the controls are I left as is. It's a bitch to refinish that without a beadblasting cabinet, and then you have to retouch all the white lettering, etc. Besides, the box was the bad part, the control area was actually not bad.
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