Just bought some power doors for my 92 hatch. They were originally some sort of gloss black but the guy i bought em from had painted them white. It seems to be like just rattlecan white. Feels gritty and comes off slowly with some brake cleaner and elbow grease. I was wondering if anyone knows how to remove the white layer with as minimal damage to the black layer.
Here is a shot of the doors. Any help is appreciated.

 

tape off the black layer n use a DA sander to sand the white off?

 

The white paint is over the black paint. I was thinking of sanding but figured it would also sand through the black. I'm trying to save the black paint if at all possible. If not I'll just sand the whole door.

 

it will take some time but you can wet sand it off then once you get it off buff the black

 

Any reason why you're using those doors on your hatch and not the originals? The door shells themselves are the same, the power stuff just swaps over.

 

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I'll try the wet sand first. If it doesn't work I'll try acetone. Any suggestions on the sand paper grit?

My current doors have like a snake path on the side bulging out. My guess is the previous owner side swiped something. I'll put up some pictures of it tomorrow.

 

wet sand off with 320, be careful not to scratch the black paint to much.
the once its all off, wet sand the black with 1000 thru 2000 and buff/polish.

 

I'd go the DA route.

 

dan. I'll be sure to try that this weekend and hope for the best. Thanks for your help.
I'll post up the results when i can.

 

only go the da route if u plan on repainting the doors.