So I bought some wheels to put on my car for selling... Stripped the plastidip off the first 3 wheels, they come out well underneath and I'm pretty happy until I get to the 4th wheel.
Some f**k had decided it would be a great idea to paint one wheel black with spray paint, then when they failed clearly just decided to dip them all.
I spoke with a sandblaster and they said the sandblasting is guaranteed to just strip everything including whatever the stock finish was. So I am left with 2 options:
1. Use paint stripper and hope that the 2 layers of paint (spray and plastidip) will get removed leaving the stock finish intact.
2. Redip all the wheels.
What do you think I should do? On a side not too, when cleaning a throttle body, once it is fully removed from the car am I okay rotate the valve or will I muck up the computer?
Paint stripper + Plastidip
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Re: Paint stripper + Plastidip
Paint stripper is infact that.. It will bubble up, and take off everything... It will not just take off two layers of paint that you don't like.mezje wrote:So I bought some wheels to put on my car for selling... Stripped the plastidip off the first 3 wheels, they come out well underneath and I'm pretty happy until I get to the 4th wheel.
Some f**k had decided it would be a great idea to paint one wheel black with spray paint, then when they failed clearly just decided to dip them all.
I spoke with a sandblaster and they said the sandblasting is guaranteed to just strip everything including whatever the stock finish was. So I am left with 2 options:
1. Use paint stripper and hope that the 2 layers of paint (spray and plastidip) will get removed leaving the stock finish intact.
2. Redip all the wheels.
I would sandblast them all, and re-do the lot properly ... Or if your budget does not permit, just plasti-dip again ..
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Re: Paint stripper + Plastidip
They are just for selling, cost of sandblasting them all and getting them re-done is just not worth it for me. Re-dip it will be.rock_it wrote:Paint stripper is infact that.. It will bubble up, and take off everything... It will not just take off two layers of paint that you don't like.mezje wrote:So I bought some wheels to put on my car for selling... Stripped the plastidip off the first 3 wheels, they come out well underneath and I'm pretty happy until I get to the 4th wheel.
Some f**k had decided it would be a great idea to paint one wheel black with spray paint, then when they failed clearly just decided to dip them all.
I spoke with a sandblaster and they said the sandblasting is guaranteed to just strip everything including whatever the stock finish was. So I am left with 2 options:
1. Use paint stripper and hope that the 2 layers of paint (spray and plastidip) will get removed leaving the stock finish intact.
2. Redip all the wheels.
I would sandblast them all, and re-do the lot properly ... Or if your budget does not permit, just plasti-dip again ..
Regarding the throttle body, I assume I am ok once it is fully disconnected to turn the valve to give it a good clean?