How do you remove painted on pinstriping?
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Burning Brakes
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How do you remove painted on pinstriping?
I'm considering buying a car that has some painted on custom pin striping, and I'm not sure just how hard it would be to remove it.
Anyone have any experience with this?
The striping is paint, and not decals, and I don't want to damage the current paint job.
Thanks,
Steve
Melting Slicks
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From: Sodertalje/Sweden
Re: How do you remove painted on pinstriping? (Markm10431)
Jupp,the only way is to paint..You have to be really carefull to remove all of the edges of the stripe,or they will show after the paint.I freind of mine painted his car,and theres still some traces of the pinstipe .. :mad
Racer
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
Re: How do you remove painted on pinstriping? (70Shark)
SOMETIMES, you can (carefully) use a buffer to remove it. A lot will depend on the paint used both for the car's finish and for the striping. The downside is that the lettering enamel most stripers use will have caused some swelling of the car's finish that will be visible even after the stripe is gone.
Drifting
Joined: May 2002
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From: Sacramento California
Re: How do you remove painted on pinstriping? (70Shark)
3M makes a wheel just for that, I don’t remember what it is called but it worked well. It is kinda like an eraser. Go to an auto paint store and ask them, they will know. :)
