Stripping the Original Undercoating - VW Brasilia Engine Bay Painting - Episode 1 - [4K]
Start of the VW Brasilia engine bay painting series featuring exhaust removal, engine masking, and using chemical paint stripper paste to remove old paint and undercoating. The video demonstrates that the most labor-intensive phase lies in sheet metal preparation and cleaning before applying any primer or paint.
Video chapters
- 0:00 Introduction
- 0:24 Preparation
- 1:35 First Coat
- 6:50 Third Coat
- 8:32 Fourth Coat
- 10:21 Fifth Coat
Tools used
- stripper paste
- wood chisel (2 different sizes)
- wide flathead screwdriver (wide, used as an improvised scraper)
- drill
- wire brush (for drill) (circular wire wheel brush for drill, used at an angle)
- flap wheel sander (for drill) (small sanding drum wheel mounted on the drill)
- PU thinner
- scraper / credit card (credit card used as an initial scraper)