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Can anybody remove pinstriping


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Those pin-stripes aint comin off without f-ing up the paint underneath it, especially if its under clear coat. However just for shits and giggles, try masking off the edges of the strip with tape just leaving the strip itself exposed. Then try wet sanding the stripe and see if it will fade away.

 

However if your car has clear coat over the pin-stripes, don't even bother.

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Wetsanding is going to be your only option. Ask Andy I am sure he has done it before. It won't fuck up the paint underneath if you do it right.

 

.depending on who laid the stripe this could be a problem. 95% of cars the pin stripe is over the clear, but for that stupid 5% its under the clear on the base coat. dont ask me why cause im still wondering. If its over the clear than you can TRY to wetsand it but good luck.

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I do believe that it is over the clearcoat as parts of it are faded and shitty looking, it just completely ruins the look of the car imo. And LIke I said I don't want to do this myself, if andy can do it that'd be awesome as I'd like to get the car detailed at the same time. http://www.columbusdsm.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=140164
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I bought a black 4runner that had teal and blue pinstriping painted on.It took me a week(no lie) to take them of wet sanding.I thought my arm was going to fall off but it looked better and shined right up with with some 12 or 15 hundred paper on the final step.
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Are you sure they are painted on? Alot of old pinstriping can seem painted on but is not rather it ages and gets faded and very hard and your finger nail wont even phase it. The easiest way is to apply low heat from a heat gun and push the edge with a plastic razor blade.

 

If it is painted on wet sanding or a special chemical is your options.

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