I am looking at a car that quite a few pin stripes, both on the outside and on the dash. They are well done stripes but I am not a pin stripe person. Can these safely be removed without damage to the paint? If it can't I will pass on the car.
Lacquer thinner will remove one shot but you need to be patient and soak it,I recently removed some on the door of our Shasta camper. I would suggest you not try this if the the car is in primer. HRP We wanted to change the Betty to Berry so we used lacquer thinner to remove parts of the T's. The paint had been there for several years.
Easy Off oven cleaner in the yellow can, leave it sit for a couple minutes and wipe off. You may have to do a couple applications but its worked for me in the past. Only once did I have a little darkening of the painted surface. Test a small spot prior obviously.
If the car isn't in primer I would recommend oven cleaner the original one , spray on a rag (wear gloves this shit is nasty) rub on the pinstripes let stand 5 mins tops, wash off with soap and water. And keep doing these steps until gone . Don't let this stuff sit for a long period of time because it is harsh but it will take off old to new pinstriping . But also if the pinstripes have been on there for a long time they might leave ghost marks Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
What about pin stripe tape? Heat gun? I just bought a 59 F-100 with 80's pin stripe tape on it and I want to remove it. It's been on there a while! I will live with ghost stripes as opposed to the bayliner tape
Heat gun, and plastic razor blade , rustoleum makes a decal adhesive remover I never used it but if the sticky stiff is still there that should help get it off Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
There is a tan rubber decal remover wheel that you chuck up in a drill available. It works great. I used to use them to remove decals and striping off old city trucks to prep them for auction. Probably get them at any auto body supply store.
Chris, I had a pair of 14" Moon eyeball decals on my otherwise clean white '56 Ford. My Grandma said "White Distilled Vinegar!" I applied it with a liberally soaked terrycloth towel, and some scrubbing later, the decal just came off in flakes. WD40 is very good with adhesives, try it first. But the vinegar even does RUST! (Un-does, I meant) Let us know, please...works for me...
They work great . We used them at the shop to remove truck lettering a lot. Napa sells them . "goof off" gets rid of any left over sticky stuff.
EZ Off - colors differ - I think white was the easiest - red the hardest - I did my '50 shoebox - black lacquer paint (very old) One Shot pin striping was pretty old too - some famous striper in Kentucky done it, but it fit the car that well - just be patience and it should come right off.
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