I'm nearly finished sanding off two layers of paint on the TR8 bringing it back to bare metal. All that is left is the dreaded hood. Anybody have any tips for sanding in between louvers? The TR8 hood has a set on either side of the hood, and it takes forever trying to get in between the slats with folded up sand paper. I don't want to use chemical stripper because it messes up the back side of the hood, creating even more work.
I don't know the best way, but I'd avoid sandblasting. I had a hood sandblasted and it warped the hell out of it.
Is the gap big enough to fit one of those little handheld "mouse" sanders in? Other than that, grab a beer or three, sandpaper and a strong thin sanding block, some good tunes and get to it.
Say goodbye to your fingerprints 
+1 on adding beer. Take your time and don't rush or the last one will look way worse than the first.
popsicle stick + sand paper, repeat as necessary. by the time your done, youll be able to core an apple with your finger tips... Mr Myiagi will be proud.
Sand paper wrapped around an electric toothbrush??
In reply to racinginc215:
I see a shiny carb in my near future..
baking soda is the E36 M3.... works great and nothing left behind
note to self:
...Buy old vehicle with crusty carbs...
racinginc215 wrote: don't laugh it works. here
I need one of those. 
Funny how the Eastwood catalog specifically says NOT to use standard household baking soda... bastards... 
Why not use a wire wheel?
Standard household baking soda will screw with real soda blasters, if you notice there is no orifice nozzle on the homebrew kit. Arm and Hammer will collect moisture and "grow", clogging the orifice.
Ah... good to know...
use dawn power dissolver spray on then cover with garbage bag leave overnight then pressure wash off paint $2-75 bottle works wonders
Why not hit it with aircraft paint stripper?
Micromark to the rescue. at $70 mind you...
Andrew
One warning about the soda blaster: If you use it outside, know that the media will kill your grass. Quite efficiently.
I have read that washing the area afterward will help, and adding vinegar to the wash should go a long way to correcting the problem by lowering the pH back to what the grass can tolerate. But of course, to do that, it helps to know that someone was in the back yard spewing soda all over the place--before you look and say, "Hey, where'd all the grass go?"
Margie
If you use aircraft stripper and ~work carefully~ you can get most of it without getting the backside. Use 1" chip brushes to apply, scrape the bubbled up old paint w/ plastic scrapers, hose off to neutralize the what gets on the inside. Also, you can apply grease as a resist on the inside of the hood.
I'd rather catheterize myself w/ hot welding rod than mechanically strip a hood covered in louvers.
Oh - one more idea:
3M stripping wheels. They get in there pretty good and obviously only get what you're gettin' at.
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