Found two good ways to remove paint
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:23 pm
Ok I know a lot of guys have tried various methods and have come up with very mixed results. Well I wanted to try on a couple worn out bodies I was planning on throwing away.
I tried it on the body from the Rad2 that I just got, and old outrage body, and on a Short course body on my daughters slash. The trick worked on both, but worked best on the old paint on the rad2 body.
I tried easy off, brake cleaner, and dot3. Yes I know these have been tried.
The first two didn't work. The dot3 didn't work...........at First.
I coated the rad2 body with dot3 brake fluid (just cheap generic stuff) and I used a foam brush to spread it evenly on the entire body both inside and out. I spread new on every hour for half a day and didn't see any progress. I got busy with other stuff and set the body in a tupperware box with a lid half on and set it outside on the back deck and forgot about it. I went and grabbed it tonight (6 days later) and to my surprise I could peel the pain off with my fingers. I pulled several layers of paint off and then used my nail to scrap more off. To my surprise there wasn't any hazing of the body. It looks hazy, but it's overspray on the inside which I verified by scraping it off with my nail.
Anyway I tried it on the short course body and it did the same trick although didn't work quite as well. It didn't damage the body at all, but it will take a litle bit more effort to get it off. The body will be saved though which is great.
I also was cleaning my race truck body today with some simple green straight out of the bottle without diluting it. I had too leave and go help my wife when her car broke down. Came home about an hour later and the paint had peeled on the inside of the body. I know the paint was Parma Faskolor and it was about two years old. Came up easy. I tried it on another body that I screwed up painting and it did the same thing.
So if you use faskolor paint, simple green works amazing. If an older body, dot3 that soaks for a week works pretty well also.
I tried it on the body from the Rad2 that I just got, and old outrage body, and on a Short course body on my daughters slash. The trick worked on both, but worked best on the old paint on the rad2 body.
I tried easy off, brake cleaner, and dot3. Yes I know these have been tried.
The first two didn't work. The dot3 didn't work...........at First.
I coated the rad2 body with dot3 brake fluid (just cheap generic stuff) and I used a foam brush to spread it evenly on the entire body both inside and out. I spread new on every hour for half a day and didn't see any progress. I got busy with other stuff and set the body in a tupperware box with a lid half on and set it outside on the back deck and forgot about it. I went and grabbed it tonight (6 days later) and to my surprise I could peel the pain off with my fingers. I pulled several layers of paint off and then used my nail to scrap more off. To my surprise there wasn't any hazing of the body. It looks hazy, but it's overspray on the inside which I verified by scraping it off with my nail.
Anyway I tried it on the short course body and it did the same trick although didn't work quite as well. It didn't damage the body at all, but it will take a litle bit more effort to get it off. The body will be saved though which is great.
I also was cleaning my race truck body today with some simple green straight out of the bottle without diluting it. I had too leave and go help my wife when her car broke down. Came home about an hour later and the paint had peeled on the inside of the body. I know the paint was Parma Faskolor and it was about two years old. Came up easy. I tried it on another body that I screwed up painting and it did the same thing.
So if you use faskolor paint, simple green works amazing. If an older body, dot3 that soaks for a week works pretty well also.