Does anyone have a good way to remove paint from plastic? I bought a rear bulkhead off ebay and didn't notice it was painted. To be honest I have not idea even what type of paint it is. It's glossy and looks thick so I think that rules out the polycarbonate paint; it could be nail polish for all I know. Motor spray seems to slowly remove it buy spraying some on a paper towel and rubbing on it, it might come off quicker if I were to soak a rag then lay it on the bulkhead for a minute or so. I don't want to damage the plastic so I thought I would check here before getting to crazy with it.
Oh by the I love lurking here some of the cars on here are simply amazing.
I´ve had Kyosho Burns plastic parts soaked in brake fluid for 14 days - it took the paint and did no harm to the plastic. I´ve learned that mild heat quickens the process.
I'm trying to restore the body on a 1980's bruiser. Very good shape except for 3 different layers of paint. What's the best way to remove it. Sanding is way to slow.
I've herd of the brake fluid trick but does it need to be submerged or can you...
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All depends on type paint was used but easy off yellow can is best.Hopefully the body hasnt been painted multiple times if only painted once it should be a hour or two to remove it.Spray it let sit use rag an gloves an wipe loose paint off then...
was doing a search for liquid mask .. hobby store cant get it .. and ran into this video to remove paint from both body types
a little work .. would be good for rare bodys
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Fyi, i discovered, completely by accident a way to get old paint of lexan. Not exactly sure what paint it effects as it was a prepainted body. Use the citris base cleaners u would use to get old stickers off things. I was cleaning some very old...
I'm sure this has been asked a couple of times but would it be better to strip paint off the outside and inside or just do a 200g sand job and respray a light coat? It is an old Bolink Thunderbird body.
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You're better off buying a new body if you can. It's a lot of work to strip paint.
New member here and all i can say is this site is awesome!!!! This is my first build (in 20 some years ). I've been racing since the late '80's , carpet oval for the last ten yrs. My 4yr. old son decided he wanted an offroad buggy, so i started...
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Maybe can be used to wet cleaning, it's just an idea
Anybody sucessfully strip polycarb paint from a body and have the new paint job turn out good? What did you use? I have a couple bodies that are in decent shape just with nasty paint schemes.
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- Orange/Citric Acid Stripper (cannot remember the manufacturer) works, but will damage the plastic, almost like pulls a layer of the lexan away and leaves a raised surface (best way I can describe it)
