There are paint strippers that do and there are some that don't
I attacked the drivers door and mudgard of 'HECter' with some Citristrip®, the stripper worked well with the first four layers, but the last layer of original paint didn't move and that last colour is definitely Bronze Green, so there are paint strippers that do and there are some that don't.
What was I looking for?
Any sign of the Hydro Logo that remained, well I had success of a sorts, I found that prior to having it's coat of primer ready for the second coat of paint applied, the logo had been wire brushed from the door leaving only a vague outline of what was once there.
The outline does give a good idea of the size of what was there, so something is better than nothing.
On repeating the exercise on the passenger door there wasn't any evidence of a logo to be found, although that door did look to be an original type and is the same construction as the drivers door.
I then went looking for the tyre pressure number at top of the opening of the rear drivers side wheel arch and carefully scraped away the paint layers to find that the number '20' is still visible and easily read, again when I tried in the other matching places over the other wheels, those number's had gone.
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staples fixed by rusty screws
I attacked the bonnet that came with 'HECter', it was off a late 80" and had extra staple's ( part number 300693 ) that were fitted on the bonnet, this was to able it to be used on 'HECter', which is a 86" and those bonnet catches are more towards the centre than what they are on the 80".
Showing the 80" bonnet
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Showing the 86" bonnet
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The correct sized bonnet had been found for 'HECter', but was missing one catch staple and a screw ( 2BA x 1/2" ) for the other side staple, so as those missing parts were surplus on the 80" bonnet I had a go at removing them.
After gouging the slots in the screw head clean and grinding a screwdriver blade to a precise fit, I tackled the first of the screws with a six point socket on the nut.
Snap!!! :oops2: the rust had too great a hold and one of these precious screw was lost forever, time then for another tactic.
I had already doused the screws to be undone with a large quantity of rust penetrate, so what to do? A pair of hammers one held under the flat on the nut and the other one which had a cross pein, I used the cross pein tapping the opposite side flat and when I tried again the nut screwed off as if it had never been stuck at all. :banana:
I made a job of removing all of the screws and the staples, leaving the 80" bonnet as it should have been originally, although with some extra holes to fill up with the TIG welder.
A bit of brushing up with the wire wheel should have those parts looking like new, but I left that job for a rainy day as there were four baskets of washing I had hung out earlier were now dry and I thought I had better get in before the dew settled.
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