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Post by rustybug61 on Sept 19, 2015 8:22:58 GMT -8
Does anyone have a trick for removing paint off my car. I'd like to try and save the og paint underneath.
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Post by mitchy965 on Sept 19, 2015 9:08:49 GMT -8
i know of a few to try (in an inconspicuous area first) lacquer thinner,brake fluid,cold oven cleaner,spray on graffiti remover. each method requires plenty`o elbow grease so get junior ready
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Post by CrazyBrit on Sept 19, 2015 20:12:35 GMT -8
What about fine grade wet sanding? You'd have to be extremely careful, but at least you would have control over how deep you are penetrating. I have never tried doing this before, so this is just a suggestion!
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Post by Volktales on Sept 19, 2015 20:28:37 GMT -8
I am pretty sure I read a bunch of threads about this on the samba. I think in the body and paint section. Mitchy mentioned the common techniques already. Some people have also used razor blades as well. All ways of doing it are extremely time consuming...
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Post by PICTUP on Sept 19, 2015 21:01:11 GMT -8
Those on the samba I have seen were in the Split Bus section. I seem to recall the ease with which a vehicle's existing paint can be taken back to the original is somewhat dependent upon the manner of application of current paint. That is, was it a quicky paint job with little or no prep, or was it prepped right. It makes a difference as to which method is used and a lot of those methods are already mentioned here. I used to have some Motsenbockers graffiti remover I bought in the USA(when I had my red truck) but somehow this has eluded me when I have tried to find it recently. Perhaps you can now find some in places like american based Wal Mart or Home Depot. If memory serves, all methods were time consuming, as Russ has already pointed out.
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Post by CrazyBrit on Sept 20, 2015 8:40:37 GMT -8
....places like american based Wal Mart.....
I take it you're not a fan? 
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Post by PICTUP on Sept 20, 2015 9:02:32 GMT -8
....places like american based Wal Mart.....
I take it you're not a fan?
Not at all, in fact maybe the opposite. My comment has to do with the selection of types and numbers of products in the US. While I am not a fan of out-and-out consumerism for the sake of buying just any old crap, I do like to spend my money on products that work and often finding those products in the Canadian market is next to impossible, or they simply do not exist. But then you hop across the border and there it is, the thing you have been looking for, perhaps even at a store like Wal Mart or Fred Meyer. With a population base 10X that of Canada it shouldn't be a surprise. When I read stuff on the samba, I have had to more than once remind myself that most of the posts on there are from people in the US that have access to that vast marketplace. Our Canadian market often won't pick up those products because there is little demand, so the only source is across the border. However sometimes the US based companies will have a better chance of stocking what you have been needing.  |
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Post by mitchy965 on Sept 20, 2015 9:07:01 GMT -8
hahahahha Attachments:
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