specific question about removing a painted pin stripe on my truck

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raynyc

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hey guys ,

long time no speak !

i recently purchased a black 1996 Lexus LX450 for a beach cruiser project , the paint is a little faded but otherwise decent condition .

it has this really annoying gold pin striping down the side that appears to be painted ( i see areas where its rubbed off).

what i want to know is, what would be the best way to remove this with maybe a dremel? i had a friend tell me he did it successfully that way but didnt tell me what he used on the dremel .

any thoughts would help me greatly , i am newbie at this so any direction would be appreciated .
 
If the paint is already disappearing, it's probably quite thin and can be easily removed with a polish and some patience.



As strange as it may sound, oven cleaner will also remove painted stripes.



You may have a ghost image left behind when you're done.
 
Do you have a polisher? If some areas are already rubbed off, like tom said, it's thin already or it's not adhered very well to the paint under it so it should be fairly easy to polish off.
 
If it's One-Shot paint, which is the most common used by pin stripers then a bit of oven cleaner will take it off without damaging the paint underneath. Obviously test in an inconspicuous spot first. 
 
I've had poor results with oven cleaner.. I was really excited to try such an easy option to remove painted on pin stripping. I tried it on at least 4 different vehicles as my intial option. It did little to nothing on each vehicle.


 


I have alsy tried polishing and I am not a fan of this either. Reason being is the stripping is in such an isolated area that it is impossible to not go as hard and heavy on the adjacent areas. Sure, you can tape but polishing directly on top of two paint lines isnt fun.


 


So, I've resorted to set sanding painted stripes as I have found nothing else that works as well "for me"
 
Deep Gloss Auto Salon said:
I've had poor results with oven cleaner..  and I am not a fan of [polishing]this either...


 


So, I've resorted to set sanding painted stripes as I have found nothing else that works as well "for me"
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The *only* thing I have to say about this is that nobody should "learn by doing" when it comes to wetsanding, not in the sense of doing it on a vehicle that can't be trashed in the process.  Seems like it always results in people posting back about damage they did that can only be fixed with a paint gun.


 


Wetsanding should be left to people who are already proficient at it.
 
RarasHouseOfWax said:
Try an eraser wheel in a standard power drill. Thats what they are designed to do.
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Please correct me if I am wrong. Aren't the eraser wheels for the removal of vinyl pinstripes/decals rather than paint?


 


+1 for some polish/compund and patience. I will say in the past I have had a few times where a wool pad and compund were needed.
 
Accumulator said:
The *only* thing I have to say about this is that nobody should "learn by doing" when it comes to wetsanding, not in the sense of doing it on a vehicle that can't be trashed in the process.  Seems like it always results in people posting back about damage they did that can only be fixed with a paint gun.


 


Wetsanding should be left to people who are already proficient at it.
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Agreed... Learn by doing on scrap panel
 
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