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starni_boy
16th September 2009, 05:56 PM
I saw the thread posted about taking the colour out of plastic to repaint again.

This avoids sanding the plastic and removing that OG pattern from the factory.

Step 1:
Things needed. MR. Muscle oven cleaner, gloves and all necessary safety protection. THIS SHIT BURNS YOUR SKIN IF IT GETS ON THERE!

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/1/4/23104.jpg

So rubber gloves are needed, long sleeved shirt, long pants and shoes. Smells pretty bad too, don't know if its toxic to breath in though..

Step 2:
Get plastic parts to be sprayed with the MR. Muscle oven cleaner. Dirt and grit isn't really a worry but give a wipe with a rag if it really bothers you.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/1/4/23105.jpg

Step 3:
Spray all areas you want the colour removed. Make sure it's a warm day and its in the sun. I tried it on an overcast windy day (under 20 degrees) and it didn't seem to work as effectively on a warm day in the sun (over 20 degrees).

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/1/4/23106.jpg

Leave to sit for an hour or so and come back to check. Spray more on if the bubbles have all gone down (which will probably happen).

Step 4:
Take the part that you have sprayed with the Mr muscle and hose it off wearing your gloves. Spray water away from you to avoid getting this shit on you.
A wipe may be needed to get the oven cleaner residue off fully.
Even a scotch brite pad with water after hosing majority off would work good. Should turn out something like this:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7289/p1010004l.jpg

The original colour of the glove box was quite faded already but you can see that the oven cleaner took quite a bit of colour out still.

I'm currently testing a piece painted with VHT Vinyl dye, so I'll let you know how that goes. I don't know how the oven cleaner will go for bumpers bars with 2 pac paint on them though, as the paint is quite tougher than what I have experimented with. Any idea's?