CARC paint

[tbh726]

So i have been reading more and more in the different forums. Now i am lost on all of the different things i am reading on CARC paint. So a few questions i have on it.. One i have a 1976 a2, it came from drmo in the Midwest, i have looked all over, but do not see any "CARC" anywhere on the jeep. Not sure if that means anything. Is there anyway to tell for sure.. and yes i did sand some before i read about it. I did see mentioned that to try and wipe with brake fluid that if it comes all it is not CARC paint other wise it is. I also read that Gillespie paint is ok to use and that i might be able to paint over what i have either way. the paint on my jeep does not seem thick and do not see how i could chip it off. I wonder if someone did some before as i did while grinding find some body puddy on the passenger side. or i am afraid that maybe some was done but not it all...

thoughts

tim

[rickf]

If it was painted with CARC then it will be stenciled somewhere inside the body "CARC" and usually a date that it was painted. It is entirely possible that it was never repainted with CARC paint. I don't think they started using that until the early 80's. If it had original paint it was probably not CARC.
As you have probably found out CARC stands for Chemical Agent Resistive Coating. That means that most things that would normally affect paint will not affect CARC paint like DOT 3 brake fluid. I haven't tried it myself but I have been told that a lot of paint strippers won't work either with the exception of aircraft stripper. If you need to sand CARC paint use wet sanding paper, water and a disposable drop cloth. This way you have no dust in the air and you can roll up the drop cloth and dispose of it before things dry up and get dusty. The hazardous part of the paint is the heavy metals in it.

[Horst]

you might also want to post a good quality picture of your 151

[tbh726]

Here are a bunch of photos from different points of my 151. some looks original, then a bunch seems to have been painted on with a brush. surely brush paint is not original. The black over the welds is where it was welded back together after DRMO and it appears someone just grabbed a spray can of black gloss and covered the welds trying to make it look like it is a "MERC" paint job. Also i used a paint can of Gillespie paint in one spot(1st picture) to see how it matched to the paint on the 151. my hope is to paint the whole thing with Gillespie paint, but was hoping to sand it smooth to remove the paint brush strokes and where ever i have to grind the welds down smooth.

[Mark]

When I was in the USMC, we did do spot painting with a brush