Whats a good easy way to remove old pinstripe. I bought some adhesive remover made by 3M but it doesnt seem like it helps.

 

I haven't had a car w/ pinstripes in forever, but I always used to peel the ******* off by hand, and then try to remove the adhesive remanents.

 

use a heat gun or blow dryer it should work

 

Try searching Yahoo

 

i just fingernailed the pinstripes off. didn't hurt the paint at all.

 

use hard plastic like a credit card to scrape the pinstripe off then clean up the adhesive with the adhesive remover. Could probably use some buffing compound too. It maybe discolored underneath.

 

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yup yup

 

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that'll work, careful with a heat gun... it can burn the paint.

Body shops use a little paddle-wheel-eraser thing, takes off miles of pinstripe in minutes...

 

i took an old pinstripe off my hatch... i basically picked off what i could, then soaked 12in. sections of what was left (stripe and/or residue) with preps-all. It took me about 20 hours all together to get rid of all of it. It was all well worth it in the end not to have that crap on there

 

20 hours? wow u suck. i got it off my friends accord in about an hour with a blow dryer and goo gone

 

The wheel is a 3m eraser wheel. Best 15$ I've spent.

 

 

veeeeerrry careful with a heat gun, better off to use a dryer, heat gun can **** ur **** up

 

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bingo!! not exactly like the one I saw but pretty damn close...

 

if yours is the thinner wheel. those are used for the marien bodies.... but if it worked

 

can that hurt your paint at all?

 

Used to remove vinyl decals, striping tapes, and double sided foam tapes. Will not scratch acrylic enamal or urethane paint. DO NOT USE ON LACQUER PAINT

 

i soaked it with goo gone gel. it pretty much just fell off.

 

If plan on buffing your car you could wet sand the pin stripes off with 2000 grit sand paper

 

please just use a heat gun and save yourself time, paint and money make sure you dont use any type of metal scraper when removing the pinstripes just use a plastic bondo knife or your fingernails, also you can remove your model badge as well the same way

 

i just took mine off couple days ago.. heat gun
u dont have to hold the heat gun on there for along time.. just heat it up for a few seconds holdin the gun about 6 inches away

 

Are you sure its sticker and not paint?

 

goo gone 0wn5. do it

 

Try naptha (lighter fluid) ? won't hurt paint.

 

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thanks for the great comment. it took 20 hours because it was the original pinstripe from 11 years ago, and the adhesive had almost become part of the paint. trust me, it didn't come off easily.