removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
01-22-2012, 03:30 PM
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removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
using dot 4 brake fluid is by far the easiest and quickest way to remove paint from your polycarbonate/lexan body just pour and leave for 10 mins then wipe and keep repeating its that simple dot 3 dot 5 will not work
01-22-2012, 03:34 PM
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RE: removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
depending on the paint used I use plain ole rubbing alcohol to get off parma paints, pour it on a paper towel put the towel on the paint, and wait a min good chunk will wipe off easily. Bonus to the rubbing alcohol is the residue can be washed off with a little water, where the DOT 3 I hear the residue you can't remove.
01-22-2012, 03:38 PM
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RE: removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
ORIGINAL: firestone
dot 4 brake fluid will remove all types of paint used on your body
dot 4 brake fluid will remove all types of paint used on your body
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01-22-2012, 11:54 PM
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RE: removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
dot 3 leaves a residue, however dot 4 does not. i use dot 4 to clean my hands after i'm done painting a new body.
01-23-2012, 08:34 AM
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RE: removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
anyone ever had a bad batch of paint?
rattled the can for a full minute, applied LIGHT coats of paint a few minutes apart. let them sit, i come back 6hours later and the paint shrunk and peeled and etched the body!
ruined a discontinued irreplacible body!!! it actually MELTED the body! and yes this was lexan paint.
rattled the can for a full minute, applied LIGHT coats of paint a few minutes apart. let them sit, i come back 6hours later and the paint shrunk and peeled and etched the body!
ruined a discontinued irreplacible body!!! it actually MELTED the body! and yes this was lexan paint.
01-23-2012, 10:21 AM
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RE: removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
I flip mine over backwards at 70mph and let er drag on the roof for a 100 yards, takes the paint right off! A bit hard on the lexan though I may add......
01-23-2012, 10:41 AM
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RE: removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
ORIGINAL: The_Shark
anyone ever had a bad batch of paint?
rattled the can for a full minute, applied LIGHT coats of paint a few minutes apart. let them sit, i come back 6hours later and the paint shrunk and peeled and etched the body!
ruined a discontinued irreplacible body!!! it actually MELTED the body! and yes this was lexan paint.
anyone ever had a bad batch of paint?
rattled the can for a full minute, applied LIGHT coats of paint a few minutes apart. let them sit, i come back 6hours later and the paint shrunk and peeled and etched the body!
ruined a discontinued irreplacible body!!! it actually MELTED the body! and yes this was lexan paint.
01-23-2012, 04:00 PM
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RE: removing paint from polycarbonate/lexan bodies
ORIGINAL: proanti1
It was probably not a Lexan body. Some early bodies were a type of acrylic, which is easily damaged by some paints.
ORIGINAL: The_Shark
anyone ever had a bad batch of paint?
rattled the can for a full minute, applied LIGHT coats of paint a few minutes apart. let them sit, i come back 6hours later and the paint shrunk and peeled and etched the body!
ruined a discontinued irreplacible body!!! it actually MELTED the body! and yes this was lexan paint.
anyone ever had a bad batch of paint?
rattled the can for a full minute, applied LIGHT coats of paint a few minutes apart. let them sit, i come back 6hours later and the paint shrunk and peeled and etched the body!
ruined a discontinued irreplacible body!!! it actually MELTED the body! and yes this was lexan paint.
