With the door hardware removed, Jordan used a pick to pull all of the related weather seals from the door area.

With the weather seals out of the way, an electric Phillips head screwdriver was used to remove the chrome accent trim.

The final step was to pull all of the exterior window moldings. Close attention must be paid during this step so as not to bend, kink, or damage any of the moldings during the process. A specially designed window clip removal tool was used for this job. You never want to catch the edge of the glass when releasing the inner clips as this might chip or damage the glass.

We chose Klean-Strip's Aircraft paint remover to properly remove the paint from the body of the car. This is a professional-grade, fast-acting stripper promising to lift all paint from metal surfaces in a snap.

Our good friend Ray Williams who operates the local Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes store in Medford not only supplied us with the stripper, but also everything else needed to take on the job. This included plenty of Scotch masking tape, application brushes, mixing cups, protective glasses, scrapers, masking paper, protective gloves, and sandpaper.

Jordan followed by back-masking the window areas to prepare them for masking paper. He also back-masked all related door and side marker openings to ensure no stripper could enter and cause unwanted damage.