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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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Don't use Vaseline or Chapstick. If you brush the paint on, you'll smear it and have to strip it and start over. Ask me how I know.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by garagpet
Don't use Vaseline or Chapstick. If you brush the paint on, you'll smear it and have to strip it and start over. Ask me how I know.
I had the same experience. It was soooo easy just to sand the paint off the letters the next day (I left the wheels off overnight) with some 220 grit and a small block of wood.
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When I painted the calipers on my last car, I just painted over the letters, let it dry and then used an exacto knife to scrape the paint off the letters.
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Originally Posted by rpm462
Maybe some chapstick or vaseline on the letters. I just scraped the paint off mine with a razor blade when I was done painting and before I clearcoated them. HTH
Thats what I did
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