How? Pinstripe is 1 shot- about 2 years old. Paint is 3M 39144 Trim Black Kind of an eggshell finish. Need to get this ugly-azz striping off this car. EZ off? Chemical? Sand it off? What grit?
Thanks Roger. I'll give it a try this weekend. I'm assuming I use the strong smelly one & not the lemon scented one.
Back in the '80's, I bought the Brian Brennan, Magoo built blue 29 highboy. He had lettered it "Brian Brave" on the driver's door in striping. Since I didn't want that on the door, my paint guy at the time masked it off and removed it gently with chrome cleaner, then polished the paint. Worked great. Wonder what became of the car......
Removing one shot off flat paint??? Unless it has a clear coat with flatner over it, I would say you are pretty much screwed
EZ off works (NOT the lemon scented)... better yet use the cheap stuff from the dollar store. I've only done this on 'cleared' cars. Not sure how it may affect a flat finish?? I suggest you try it on a not too noticeable area. Post up you results.
I'll try it on the dash (it's the worst of it) & see what happens. This paint is suppose to be a modern paint meant for trim parts on newer cars & trucks. It's not cleared over. The striping is hideous & doesn't match the style of the car at all. My plans are to paint the car shiny but not right now. It's my 41 Willys, not the 32 in my avatar.
The problem with any flat/satin finish is that when you start rubbing on it that area can become shiny. I don't know if satin clear has that problem but single stage paint does. I know there is a special buffing pad made by 3M (I think) that you put on a drill and it removes striping, but again, I am not sure what that would do to the satin appearance. Don
I used some 0000 steel wool to remove some pretty substantial pinstriping over primer. Not the preferred method, but it worked pretty well. Be gentle, or you can rub through the paint underneath. Just looks like added patina on my ride...your mileage may vary.
I tried it out on a small section of the dash. 1st- I tried EZ off & a kitchen scotchbrite sponge pad Took it off but dulled the finish from eggshell to flat. Next- I tried soaking a paper towel in EZ off & letting it sit on the paint. That worked the best- took it right off. Only issue is where the pinstripe was- it left a shiny line. I'm sure I can blend that in w/ some wet/dry paper.
Try a grey scotchbrite pad to the entire dash in order to get a flat even finish , then give it a coat of wax to bring back the "semi gloss" look that it had .
I spent about 3 hours on the car. All the pinstripe is gone. On trunk & around tail lights & up on B pillars- you can't tell it was even there. What worked best was to spray the area & cover w/ a paper towel for 15 minutes. Remove the towel & nearly all the striping came with it. Some areas needed a second helping. Only place it ghosted was on the dash & tops of front fenders where the pinstripe paint was heavier. Only 1 spot damaged- that was the top of a fender where the paint was touched up before & striped over. I knew that area might be an issue. I have a quart of paint so it can be touched up later & them blended in w/ the grey scotchbrite all over like Phill suggested. Good tip on the wax, I'll try that soon. I'm pleased at how easy it came off!
Glad ya got it off, was also going to say the nasty easy off, also sometimes wax and grease remover (1shot is oil based) I repeatedly wash my truck with soft scrub. Its a shitty paint job and it helps keep the shine off from it (the shine makes it look even worse) So that might have been a way to blend it back in. White truck, now and then I use the stuff with bleach, brings it back to a white even!
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