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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45482

Hi
What's the best and quickest way to remove paint from a lexan body
I have tried acetone free nail polish remover but seems to take forever
Neil

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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45485

I never found a good solution. Dremeling and hand pouncing are my alone solution.

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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45499

Do you mean grind wirebrush
With the dremal don't know what head pouncing is
Neil

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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45503

Don't forget Andyaus's great media blasting technique! Brake fluid has also been know to work too.....:)
From somewhere out in the wilds of central Ontario.
.......you build what you like, I will build what I like........it's all cool......
 
 

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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45507

Yep. Soft sand blasting looks to be a good solution.
The brake fluid make cloudy and dry the lexan. I used one time clean oven spray in a bag. I found a body puzzle...... it was a nice ford 34 parma body.. snif

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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45515

Don't forget Andyaus's great media blasting technique! Brake fluid has also been know to work too.....:)


Yes I have blasted lexan, So far just a Wild One driver but as long as you protect the outside to keep it shiny ;) It came up great B)











If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate :)
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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45520

Never had a whole lot of luck stripping paint of polycarbonate by "quick" means - had some sucess with caustic soda but the general consensus there was that I was lucky to get away with it, it usually not being "safe" - i.e. "melty" :whistle:

Graffiti remover makes it go cloudy in my experience, even the side you're not stripping so fumes must be part of the problem...

I haven't tried media blasting, i didn't have the kit the last time I needed to strip anything polycarbonate - usually it's so badly trashed (spilt, grated etc) that paint is the last of its problems & replacement is the only way to go.

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Removing paint 6 years 7 months ago #45523

2 solutions.
1st painting on the external side
2nd buy a new one or a repro one.

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