Pin Striping Removal

[bcost882]

I used my nail and it came off in a line with bug and tar remover then i found i needed something to break it up(had silver stripes wanted black), got a $6 roll from autozone and put powerblock tech to work. Had to use a bit of lighter to get it to stay down on the ends.

 

[Howard98]

I started to take the stripes off last night. It was 1 degree outside and even in my garage with a kerosene heater on, it was pointless to even try peeling off the pin stripes. It was so cold it just kept tearing right away

 

[barrys]

> I'm in the vinyl decal business.
I am duly trumped... I'm just some schlepp who watched these pin stripe stud dudes remove the factory stripes effortlessly figured I'd share.

Do you run the heat gun on low? How far away do you hold it?

I've heard good things about those erasers too.

I think I just love Naptha because it smells so good. Maybe I'll get into huffing...

 

[Fast Fords]

this is also known as an eraser wheel, i used one to take the pinstripes off of a taurus. as long as u have the tape pin stripes and they werent actually painted on then the eraser wheel will work great. there wasnt even a residue left behind. just dont hold it in one place too long there is a possability you could burn the paint.

dont touch anything plastic with this wheel!! i had a horrible experience while trying to remove a sticker on the rear bumper of a taurus.
to remove pinstripping, use some sort of heat, and a plastic razor blade to start peeling it. Use some sort of varsol type cleaner to get rid of the residue. A hair blow-dryer works well; don't hold it too close, but you got to hold it close enough to really heat it up (makes your life easier).

 

[thebigyellowtruck]

as long as you dont keep to much pressure the wheel should even work on plactic parts. pressure=friction=heat. to much heat will damage the plastic. just like anything else you do while doing bodywork just be careful and percise. with heat guns, i have seen holes melted in bumpers when people were trying to remove stickers. sometimes the paint melts and starts to tear too. be careful with whichever method you use

 

[Fast Fords]

as long as you dont keep to much pressure the wheel should even work on plactic parts. pressure=friction=heat. to much heat will damage the plastic. just like anything else you do while doing bodywork just be careful and percise. i have seen holes melted in bumpers when people were trying to remove stickers. sometimes the paint melts and starts to tear too. be careful with whichever method you use

bahaha! i've melted through a bumper on an escort! It was going to the scrap yard anyways, so i got lucky there. An now i'm much more patient and experienced..got into bodywork on my old 95 in the summer before i sold it. Very time consuming but i got it done!