wondering if anyone has a good recomendation for a paint removal product instead of using sandpaper. i want to remove the paint from the housings i purchased from royce, without ruining the chrome finish underneath. my main concern is theturn signal reflector bowls and the area where the main reflector bowls are. the rest i will am going to sand, since i will be redoing the black or color matching my car. thanks in advance

 

Any kind of chemical stripper that will remove the paint is going to take the "chrome" off too - and may melt the plastic as well.

 

aircraft paint stripper will do the trick - however on plastic i wouldn't recommend it. nor for any other purpose backstory - i used it to strip my lsj wheels to get them powdercoated. now don't get me wrong, the old paint came off no problem using this stuff, however the powdercoat guy was warning me there could be problems with new paint adhering to it and they had to bake the stuff out blablablah... so just my worthless $0.02

 

well, looks like steel whool, sand paper and elbow grease. the chrome is a lost cause, so doin my best to recover what i can and then gonna use a reflective silver paint.

 

Don't do any chemical stripper on plastic parts - lest you want it bleeding out of your finish in short order!

If you want to try to experiment a little, you can try to spray oven cleaner (yes - oven cleaner) onto a small section of the paint, staying away from the non-chromed plastic if you can help it. The caustic should crinkle the paint, and you should be able to wipe it away - just don't let the stuff dry or let it sit on the part for any long length of time, or else it can start attacking the chrome base as well.

On smaller parts, I've had some success with the softer wire brushes on a dremel-like tool (I think the brushes are brass, but I can't be sure - I got them with a bunch of stuff with the tool. Very light, practically no pressure, and I knocked the paint off without scoring the part.

Don't blame me if you cut into the part with either, though! User beware!

 

im not one to blame any one for giving advice. it is all user discretion. im just going at it with stell wool with pretty good results. messy as fuc ktho lol

 

SlowGT sorry if im thread jacking but what can be used to remove clear coats? I "accidentally" got some on the inside of my window and wanted to remove it but thought if i used like nail polish remover or something it would make the window tint lose its color

 

meh, its along the same lines. its all good. btw, **** orange peel. worse thing to sand

 

Oooh that's a bad one! Pretty much anything that will remove clear will likely affect the tint color.