rugerm44

What is the best way to remove old paint or dye from plastic interior panels without scratching them up.Some of the coating came off. I noticed the original dark saddle under it dosent match what the previous owner sprayed it with.Its more of a redish brown.

Nowhere Man

I heard of people using "easy off oven cleaner" I never used it so I am not sure how it works on plastic.

KapsSA

lacquer thinner

markids77

Paints sit on the surface of materials and lacquer thinner is a good choice to remove them. Use either a pad of cloth, or paper towels; do not soak the parts in a bath of thinner. Dyes actually penetrate the substrate and need not be removed before recoloring... simply clean well to make certain all dirt and "Armor-All" type goo is gone, then spray away. Paints belong on the outside of your car, interiors should only be dyed.

dennis

Your kidding right??? Thinking you can DYE a piece of plastic is like thinking you can use a penetrating wood stain on a front door that's painted white to make it look like stained wood.

What's used on interiors is elastomeric PAINT. Plain and simple Why people insist on calling it dye is beyond me. I call only imagine it's to think it's a better product than a paint, and to that end I agree. Just call it what it is. Elastomeric paint. In fact, call it elastomeric coloring that's what Dupont called their products originally used to color GM's interior pieces. I now call it a "coloring" instead of paint,(as I was rightly suggested to do), so as not to confuse anyone who may think a simple paint will work. It will not. So I took the "paint" description out of the equation, how about getting rid of the dye.

BTW.....I do agree with the lacquer thinner removal suggestions

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rugerm44

Thanks.I know its not dye.Its paint with a flex agent added so as not to crack and peel.Ill get around to it next fall.Its just too humid where Im at to be painting.

markids77

A semantic exercise Dennis. The elastomer in your "colorant" is the vinyl carrier. The actual color may be a ground up solid "pigment", or a liquid "dye". Which may or may not penetrate the surface of whatever material it is applied to... dependent on the porosity of the substrate.