Excursions Tan Pinstrip!! PLEASE HELP!!
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From: Evansville, IN
It's painted on, but its on top of the basecoat/clearcoat. So one thing you could do is take and wet sand the stripe off, but two problems with that.
Number 1 - You could possibly sand through the clear coat surrounding the stripe.
Number 2 - If it's (your excursion) ever had body work done the body shop could of painted over the stripe, so in this case you might have one or two panel's you can't get the stripe off of.
Sanding off the stripe would require delicacy and patience since its quite risky.
Number 1 - You could possibly sand through the clear coat surrounding the stripe.
Number 2 - If it's (your excursion) ever had body work done the body shop could of painted over the stripe, so in this case you might have one or two panel's you can't get the stripe off of.
Sanding off the stripe would require delicacy and patience since its quite risky.
Tuned
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From: Rhode Island
It is painted on. FYI as a body guy only way to remove it properly is to sand it carefully off. Even that brings up issues. Each pannel may need to be re-cleared after depending on how much paint comes off with the removal.
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I have used the technique described in this link to remove painted pin stripes on several cars.
http://cleangsx2004.tripod.com/pinstripe.htm
If you search around there are a lot of folks that have used this technique (or a small variation) for removing painted on pinstripes that are above the clearcoat.
I have never seen it used on a vehicle older than 3 years and I would be concerned about what it might happen if the clearcoat is degraded.
http://cleangsx2004.tripod.com/pinstripe.htm
If you search around there are a lot of folks that have used this technique (or a small variation) for removing painted on pinstripes that are above the clearcoat.
I have never seen it used on a vehicle older than 3 years and I would be concerned about what it might happen if the clearcoat is degraded.
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Mountain Pass
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Yeah I was thinking that if it's on top of a plastic clear coat, a paint stripper might work. "Always test on a small inconspicuous area (of a stranger's vehicle) before application". :-)
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i am slowly transforming my truck into the look of the 05 limited all black!! i already have some 05 front end parts and i am doing away with chrome bumpersand all. i LOVE the blacked out look!! but the PINSTRIPE HAS to go first!!
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I just did this today on my white 05 EX. I borrowed a friend's 3M pinstrip removal rubber wheel, chucked it into a drill and went to town. The driver's side came off easily and it only took about 15 minutes with careful spinning of the wheel. The trick is to make sure you don't get the wheel too hot or you"ll burn the paint. When I moved onto the passenger side, the wheel was only 50% effective. I park my truck facing South, so I figured that the sun really baked the pinstripe onto this side.
So to remove what was left of the pinstripe, I used the easy-off method described in the link above. My custom-painter friend who lent me the wheel also heard of this and was told this from a fellow pinstriper, so I decided, eh, what the hell. I wasn't so **** about it and just sprayed it on instead of using a cotton swab. It worked like a charm and took the remaining of the stripe off. I just used some polishing compund/swirl remover to get rid of the slight yellowing left by residue from the wheel and its all white now.
So to remove what was left of the pinstripe, I used the easy-off method described in the link above. My custom-painter friend who lent me the wheel also heard of this and was told this from a fellow pinstriper, so I decided, eh, what the hell. I wasn't so **** about it and just sprayed it on instead of using a cotton swab. It worked like a charm and took the remaining of the stripe off. I just used some polishing compund/swirl remover to get rid of the slight yellowing left by residue from the wheel and its all white now.
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