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Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: ragdol on July 17, 2015, 11:28:21 PM

Title: Removing white highway paint
Post by: ragdol on July 17, 2015, 11:28:21 PM
A gentleman stopped at the shop with white line paint sprayed down the side of his black P/U. The stuff is like cement. Is there a way of getting this stuff off short of sanding & repaint?
Title: Removing white highway paint
Post by: phat46 on July 19, 2015, 05:11:05 PM
Lots of videos on Google about that. The one I watched used lacquer thinner! Not sure I'd try  that, but there was many more videos.
Title: Removing white highway paint
Post by: enjenjo on July 19, 2015, 08:23:27 PM
How big are the spots? I'm thinking a run shaver with the blade set a little high. It will get the biggest part of it off, then you might be able to sand and buff off the rest without damaging the clear coat.
Title: Removing white highway paint
Post by: Harry on July 22, 2015, 11:53:22 AM
Coincidently, a line marking truck caught on fire here. They were using a thermo-plastic paint that is heated. It caught on fire.
So, that stuff on your car may not be paint but plastic.
Title: Removing white highway paint
Post by: ragdol on July 22, 2015, 11:19:04 PM
As luck would have it, the guy didn't show up, so I didn't have to deal with it.
Title: Citrol
Post by: Beck on July 23, 2015, 11:02:23 AM
We have been using a citrus aerosol cleaner at work called Citrol. The stuff works well, sometimes too well. If is is used on cheaper paint, it takes some of it off too.
I expect the highway striping paint is much tougher and this wouldn't touch it.
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