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How to remove those narrow stripes?

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Old 08-01-03, 09:55 AM
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How to remove those narrow stripes?

How do you remove those little narrow stripes that run the length of the car? They were added at dealers after car sale. I'm restoring an 83 and trying to find the easiest way. Eventually they'll sand off, but they are tenacious little buggers. Can't just paint over them 'cause they're raised. I figure there must be some easy mechanical or chemical way to get them off.

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Old 08-01-03, 10:28 AM
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There is such thing as a pinstripe removal tool. If you do a search in Google, you'll run into a whole mess of them...
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a hot air gun and a scalple. be carefull not to blister the paint though
Old 08-01-03, 12:58 PM
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Solvant (most) and a razor blade. Just take your time
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get a pinstripe remover tool thingy its like a biug roudn eraser wheel type thing. spins aorund real fast and yea you get hte idea, go grab one of those. you cna prolly get the wheel and throw it in a drill (ive only used air tool style one)
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