Reply To: Homelite 55 Cowling Paint Strip or or Blast

[Bob Wight]

A third vote for wet sanding. On those motors that I’ve restored with fiberglass cowls, I’ve always wet sanded. Mine were not particularly bad or rough so I started with 400 and went up to 600 grit. Sounds like yours is pretty gnarly, so agree with the others – start with 220 then 400. Here’s some pics of one I did a few years ago.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp

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