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I Actually Did Strip The Paint I Tried To Paint It White And I Failed Misserably. The Lexan Didnt Turn Brittle Though. I Might Just Use This Body As A Basher So I Tried To Make It Look Like A Rat Rod hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Im Kinda lost right now

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I've had some success with oven cleaner..the strong stuff not that nambie pambie environmentally friendly stuff...but be careful just try a little bit at first to see if it reacts..and have plenty of cold running water at hand. Another thing I've learnt and that is that the older the body is the mor...

i read somewhere about freezing the body, then dipping it hot water to "shock" the paint off the body, and they said they had success in doing it

Citrisgelstrip takes the paint off but is leaving a thick gunky residue. How do i get that off? The can says to use mineral spirits. Will this damage the lexan? Mineral spirits isnt working. The citrisgel stuff turns into a thick gunky wax. I can ...

Citrisgelstrip takes the paint off but is leaving a thick gunky residue. How do i get that off? The can says to use mineral spirits. Will this damage the lexan?

... Might be stuck completely you can buy citrusgelstrip at any home depot and I am pretty sure you can find it at lowes as well in the paint section the citrus strip will definitly remove the silver from that body and will not cloud the lexan either this is the same stuff look it up here ...

klavy69 wrote:did you try the citrijelstip yet?

Where can I get that? I just tried laquer thinner and it didnt phase the silver. Might be stuck completely

did you try the citrijelstip yet?

Good news/Bad news. The DOT 3 works great on the blue paint, but the guy used a silver pearl under it with some line patterns that dont seem to be affected by the DOT 3. I will try oven cleaner on those parts.

Re: the best way to strip a body???? I have used this stripper for a couple ... than brake fluid and does not seem to harm the lexan, infact I have left it on over night and still ... messy use soft terry cloth rag and a soft brissel paint brush to get into the crevises you also should ...

I will go to lowes tomorrow anf let you know thanks

Re: the best way to strip a body???? I have used this stripper for a couple ... than brake fluid and does not seem to harm the lexan, infact I have left it on over night and still ... messy use soft terry cloth rag and a soft brissel paint brush to get into the crevises you also should ...

I dont by the breakfluid ? I have a breakfluid soaked rag that has been laying in my LX-T body for 2 months with some frequenty reapplied and the paint isnt even soft yet?? I am giving up I have a new body on the way!

There's no '1 trick works for all': there are just too many different types of paint outthere.

If the original owner used pactra for example: the thinner used in that paint is so strong it reacts with the lexan. No way you can ever remove that and have a clean body afterwards.