Wednesday, March 14, 2012

removing pinstripes

Removing pinstripes from a car can be a time consuming task. You start off by heating the stripes with a hair dryer or heat gun. After this you peel the stripes while heating in front of them. You need to be careful not to heat it to much because this will cause the paint to chip. If the stripes are stuck on and falling apart spray wd 40 on them and let them soak for 15 minutes then try. You also want to be careful peeling and scraping them off so you dont scratch the paint;.You may need to scrape them off with a plastic putty knife. After you get the pinstripes off there will be an adhesive left over on the paint and you will need a pinstripe eraser wheel to remove that. This is done by putting the wheel in a drill and horisontaly or vertically running it over the adhesive, you must be careful to keep the wheel under 4000 rpms or the wheel could break and it could damage the paint. The eraser wheel is a very time consuming task and can make your arms tired.

5 comments:

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  2. Is there more? Is there residue left behind?

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  3. yes the eraser wheel does make your arms tired

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  4. sounds like a lot of work to take off a pinstripe

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  5. I know nothing about cars so your speaking greek to me ?????? but cool!

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