Stripe removal

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I need to remove the stripes on my Palm Beach. They are in horrible shape. Well holy smokes are there options galore on this forum!

Pressure washer
Eraser wheel
3m wood grain and stripe remover
Large disk style eraser wheel that fits a polisher
Propane torch! 8o

Probably more options but can anybody sell me on one?

I used an eraser wheel on slow speed and was still taking some paint with it...better in some spots than others but not loving that option so far.

TIA

Shawn

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Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
Canada
1977 Palm Beach 403
 
>
> 3m makes heavy duty eraser wheels, but you’ll need a heavy duty wheel
> buffer to drive it.

Sammy

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*Major Sammy "Ghost" Williams, CAP*

Coastal Charleston Composite Squadron

U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
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Or dustless blasting. Com

It’s a water basted system that strips.
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*Major Sammy "Ghost" Williams, CAP*

Coastal Charleston Composite Squadron

U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
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Do not use a propane torch. A heat gun has much more control. Any of the
abrasive wheels, erasers, etc. require a gentle touch. A bit too much and
it will cut through the stripe into the paint.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 7:52 PM Sammy Williams via Gmclist <

> Or dustless blasting. Com
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> It’s a water basted system that strips.
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> I’ve used an eraser wheel in a drill with good results. Then when pressure washing the coach the front stickers came flaking off a mile a minute!

YMMV

Larry Davick
1976 Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
 
I had no prior experience with decal removal and went after my 78 Royale stripes...

Heat gun and fingers was slow but pieces would pull off. I would warm a bit and try to lift a corner with a windshield razor, then pull. Tough on the
fingers.

I tried just a windshield razor and kind of "shave". This worked better with body (ambient temperature) cool, and the stripe heated with heat gun.

I bought Turtle Wax Labels and Stickers remover spray. It was pretty good at removing the residue after the vinyl was gone, but it can't permeate the
vinyl so it didn't really help remove. And it felt much safer on the remaining paint than the acetone I also tried for cleaning.

I bought two of the eraser wheels. It makes all this mess and takes constant attention. There seemed to be a narrow window of 70-80 degrees in the sun
that it was removing consistently. I tried a few months later and it took a few paint chips out before I gave up because some combo of either the
eraser wheel had dried up and was cutting differently or the temperature was making the paint more brittle or something.

The current status is the front got done and the sides past the cockpit are not. Some pleasant weather day in the future I will re-visit and
continue.

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1975 Glenbrook, 1978 Royale rear bath
Raleigh, NC
 
>I need to remove the stripes on my Palm Beach. They are in horrible shape. Well holy smokes are there >options galore on this forum!
>
>Pressure washer
>Eraser wheel
>3m wood grain and stripe remover
>Large disk style eraser wheel that fits a polisher
>Propane torch! 8o
>
>Probably more options but can anybody sell me on one?
>
I used individual 2" stripes I got from Amazon in colors that start out black and fade to beige as you go up and I just taped over my existing stripes after cleaning them with lacquer thinner. It's not a perfect solution but it's way easier than trying to get them off and my coach is a 10-footer anyway.

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Just a comment and words of caution. Be VERY careful using either ACETONE or LAQUER Thinner for removing
anything from a COACHES painted surface. Both are quite strong SOLVENTS and will damage some paints.
Can/will someone jump in here as to which SOLVENTS are reasonable to use with known IMRON factory paint.
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DAVE KING
lurker, wannabe
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Lacquer thinner and acetone can be used for cleaning on any cured catalyzed
paint system. Imron of the nature used on the GMC is even more immune to
solvent attack than currently available automotive paint films. That said,
extended exposure to lacquer thinner or acetone (soaked rag left on
surface) on even catalyzed paint films can cause softening or swelling. I
would also avoid using solvents like the above mentioned in direct sunlight
or on a hot surface. And don’t even think of using these solvents on abs,
acrylic or other rigid thermoplastics.

Sully
Bellevue wa

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> Just a comment and words of caution. Be VERY careful using either ACETONE
> or LAQUER Thinner for removing
> anything from a COACHES painted surface. Both are quite strong SOLVENTS
> and will damage some paints.
> Can/will someone jump in here as to which SOLVENTS are reasonable to use
> with known IMRON factory paint.
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> lurker, wannabe
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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A friend had removed the PB graphics with the eraser wheel. It still had the adhesive goo left behind. Since he was storing it here I tried a few
different solvents and denatured alcohol worked very well. Wet a small towel (gloves) and apply to a small area, maybe 24” and keep it moist. In
about a minute it softens and wipes off. Repeat with a clean cloth and more denatured alcohol. Follow up with a cleaner wax or cleaner polish. The
was Imron and no green came off on the rags so no reaction.
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
 
Thanks for the responses fellas. I received a few PM's as well and I think I'll attempt the heat gun method w/ denatured alcohol to remove residue.

Cheers
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Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
Canada
1977 Palm Beach 403
 
Goo Bee Gone. Or body shop. Wax and Grease Remover works for any adhesive left on. Haven't had much of the adhesive not come off with the stripe. Call if you wish for some other tips. Iowa. Cell. 319-521-4891. If you get voice mail. Try again. Bob

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Thanks for the responses fellas. I received a few PM's as well and I think I'll attempt the heat gun method w/ denatured alcohol to remove residue.

Cheers
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Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
Canada
1977 Palm Beach 403

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Try Bestine for the residue if you can still find some Shawn

Larry
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Larry - Victoria BC -

1977 Palm Beach VIN TZE167V101295 - 39,000 miles
 
Here is what I did. Take it or leave it. I have a 76 Royale with the double strip and the dog face. I have a heat gun that takes paint off etc. I
heated up the stripe and started an edge with a razor blade. and heated it up and pulled the stripe ad I went. There is an art to it but it worked
really well for me. You might get two three four feet of strip off and it breaks and occaisionally the razor might scuff some paint but since I went
over it with a new stripe, it didn't really bother me. Like I said you use the heat gun just ahead of where you are peeling and it will pull off

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Scott D. Fippinger
Aledo, Illinois
1976 Royale
 
If you are going to use a razor blade scraper, get the red PLASTIC blades not real blades.
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
 
Plastic didn't work for me, real ones did
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Scott D. Fippinger
Aledo, Illinois
1976 Royale
 
Steel blades develop a feather to the blade edge after short use. If I’m
using one to pull anything glued or held with adhesive I will note the side
facing up(there is usually numbering on one side only) that way when the
blade gets away from me and I drop it I don’t get back into it with the
blade feather pointing the wrong way which will cause gouging. Also, use
lots of blades. They are cheap and if you are paying attention you will
detect when the blade is becoming dull.

Sully
Bellevue wa

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> Plastic didn't work for me, real ones did
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