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Professional
and amateur restorers bring us car
bodies and parts for paint stripping
or cleaning. Some interesting items
have passed through our works. E-
and D-Type and XKSS Jaguars, Ferraris,
Maseratis and Lambourghinis are
some of the more exotic cars (or
parts) we've help restore but we
also cater to more modest vehicles,
MGB, Morris, Rover, Triumph and
many, many more vehicles of all
ages and types from Formula 1 to
tractor engines.
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Plastic media dry paint stripping
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A rare GT40 shell stripped
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One of our
processes involves blasting
with a special plastic granule
that was developed for use on
military aircraft. This material
will remove paint, glue, and
light rust deposits and many
underseals but will not generally
remove body seam sealers without
concerted effort and not at
all in the case of the very
latest products.
The advantages of using this
plastic media over other materials
are numerous.
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The material
has a low mass, thus allowing
low air pressure to be used
in the blasting process. This
minimises the kinetic energy
involved and consequently the
amount of heat generated, which
is the primary cause of damage
or distortion to the material
being stripped.
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This
is especially important
when working on light
metals and alloys such
as aluminum or on composites
such as glass fibre or
carbon laminates. (Our
skilled operators can
remove the paint leaving
the gel coat if it is
sound.)
The process does not remove
or alter any surface markings
from harder metals such
as steel allowing all
the original preparation
marks to be seen that
were left before it was
painted. Porche
Cars Gt Britain Limited
recommend this process
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After removing all
the paint we can
scour any corroded
areas with a harder
and sharper abrasive
(but at a low pressure)
to remove rust from
the surface leaving
a 'technically clean'
finish. Optionally
we can then apply
a clear zinc phosphate
coating which is
an anti corrosion
treatment that protects
the surface from
atmospheric moisture
providing it is
kept in a reasonably
dry workshop. Our
phosphate coating
is clear and can
be welded through
or painted over
without any problem
an permits close
examination of the
metal, unlike other
primer's which are
opaque and obscure
the surface. It
is also a chemical
etch. This product
is imported by us
from the USA.
Gull-Wing
Mercedes before
& after
stripping
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Many
car and motorcycle
components
can be effectively
cleaned using
dry glass
bead or wet
vapour blasting
process to
produce either
a polished
satin or a
clean 'as
manufactured'
finish. The
latter is
especially
useful when
restoring
older items
that need
to retain
their original
attributes.
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| Address:
Little Springfield Farm, Plaistow Road, Loxwood, Nr Billingshurst,
West Sussex, RH14 0TS |
| Tel:
01403 752347 | Fax: 01403 752072 |
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