Paint Removal
 

could i use mr clean or vim oxy gel to strip the paint from my car? I dont have any pine-sol at the moment

acetone worked on zipzap paint

well i have acetone but will it wrok on spray pant? btw thanx a lot for the fast reply ur like the most reliable helper here!

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i dunno about pinesol, it works but you still have to rub real hard to get it off with a rag or something.

my bits been sitting in pinesol for more than a month already lol too lazy to rub the paint off cause its still hard to get off!
bit char-A clones have tough paint

acetone should be able to take just about any type of paint off. its somepretty nasty stuff...

Be careful that you don't take the plastic away with it. That stuff doesn't know when to stop eating...


silla

okay i out my skyline body in the acetone and let it sit there for about 1 hour, well the paint did come off somewhat a tiny amount well actually non at all, the only thing that happened was the paint has transformed into goop, this good was like really hard putting or somehint my body is looking horrible, damn i dont know what to do, if acetone wasnt strong enough what will be???
This is a catastrophe

Now that the paint is softening, you need to scub it off. If you have some "Easy Off" that will help to take it off. Paint removal is never easy..


silla

k i tryed to scrub
i used an old toothbrish and scrubbed but it wouldnt come off like that!
SHould i just scrap the car and go get a new shell? or keep trying?

Keep trying it. You will find your own technique. It will always make a test body.. Try scraping it with your fingure nail. Or use something more abrassive (tooth brushes are pretty soft)
but not too abrasice as you don't want to scar the body itself


silla

k thanx ill keep trying

ya, payaso is right. u ever c what acetone does 2 a girls fake fingernails? they soak them in acetone 2 remove the nails from their skin and when they remove the plastic nails they are all mushy. i would think acetone would be the wrong answer for bits.

Yep... He might be better off with some alchohol or paint thinner type products..


silla

i used rubbing alcohol and q-tips... just kinda rubbed it offwith the tips.. soak the body in the stuff for like 5 min and then get the q-tip wet with thr alochol (cant spell) and start rubbing.. none of these things will just magically lift off the paint. you will have to rub a bit. however if the plastic is colored itsself chemicals will do you no good.

okay i found some thinner in my garage my car is soaking in it but when i checked 5 minuted ago, the paint hadnt been lifted or anything u guys are probably right no matter what i use i still have to rub it and scrub it alot, im gonna let it sit in the thinner overnight though since it hasnt done anything to harm the plastic.

i left my body in thinner overnight, and nothing happened to the paint. Then i just primed it and now im gonna paint it when i get the chance to. It looks like it will turn out good even if you dont remove the paint, but make sure you prime the body, or the paint will just run off the body.

my skys' been sitting in pinesol for about a month and a half and i had enough rubbing, not all the paint came off! however when i run my fingure over the spots with paint still it feels smooth.

Can i just leave it and paint over it since its smooth? if so, will the finish be smooth too or will the paint spots show? i've been trying every weekend to get the rest off but it doesnt seem to want to. its also gotten alittle foggy but no big deal im gona paint the inside of the windows black.

any tips on painting without removing all the paint?
-Besides multi-coats of paint-

edit- BTW im going to be painting it white, its the same color as it was before i stripped it, hope that helps

Just spray it with a coat of white primer and that will cover it up. Then you can spray the white top coat. If it's smooth like you say, it should be just fine. Let us know what happens.

silla

Call me old fashioned...but I used some model sand-paper, elbow grease, and a dremel 'buffer' thing...:( I guess I did it the hard way huh? It looks nice though....

i use 2025 grit wet sandpaper..it works well enough to get the paint off without taking a lot of the plastic off in the process.

Meguire's(the auto wax guys) makes the 2025 grit paper..pack of 25 8x10 sheets for $2.25..get it at any shop that sells auto paint/bondo..etc. make sure u keep the paper wet..it works 100 times better.. a small 2"x2" peice will do the whole car.

since im always busy and i havent started on the whole front and maybe rear end, its gona be a while before i paint it.its gona be something nobody has unless somebody finishes it before i do :)

if you prime your car like you should be doing anyway, you really dont need to take the paint off.

the spray paint i use dont need it? or has it in it or something, i spraid a model car about a year back and it came out good and glossy,regal red was the color. the paint didnt rub of or anything its still shinny after i whipe the dust off

btw i painted it stright onto the plastic with no prep besides whiping it down with rubbing alcohol, but then i handled it with my bare hands to dry it lol still came out good no messed up paint blisters or anything beside some lint that fell on the hood when it was drying