Stripe removal, wetsand, etc...

[Okie Boarder]

Well I started with the strip removal last night. I only worked on it for about 20-30 minutes. I thought we had a good heat gun at my work here in OKC, but the only one we have is at our place in Tulsa. The only one I have at home is smaller for crafts type stuff. I tried that and it wasn't working very well, so I experimented with just the 3M eraser wheel. It seems to do fairly well on its own, but does make a mess. Right now I'm thinking I will continue with just the wheel, but we'll see. I started in the front where the stripes areen't as wide so I may change my mind when I get to the back. I like how the wheel works. Pics to come.

[wiatowski]

I used a new box cutter, move the blade all the way out and started to peel it from the top 1/4 - 1/2 inch a time. Found it was faster and cleaner than the wheel.where a glove though on the hand your pressing/ holding on to the blade with... trust me it helps.
Have I started a trend?

[Okie Boarder]

Here are a few pictures...two showing the stripe removed and one showing one of the areas in the back I still see some haze from the first time. It may be hard to see in the picture, but some of you might see it.

[86 century]

Geting the lines to fade is alot of work.

Wet sanding will not even make a mark in it.
Mine is the same color as yours I ended up using a da with 150grit on it to get the color back.
Im still working on geting it the scuffs from that out.

[Salty87]

i must have removed the stripes on mine maybe 8 or 10 years ago. i can still see their shadows. the wave is the worst.

good luck okie, she's looking better already.

[Okie Boarder]

I'm not real concerned about making the difference dissappear. I'll try, but that isn't my objective. If I have ghost stripes, that won't bother me, and I may end up putting something back on, but go with a solid stripe or something,

[wiatowski]

I'll be honest the stripe fade isn't as noticable on the blue as it was on the red. looking at your pictures there isn't a huge color difference, but it could just be the pictures.

[Salty87]

red pigments are known to fade faster.

[wiatowski]

Crap....

[TitanTn]

I used the wheel and thought it was the easiest removal option. I could never get the heat gun or blade to do much. It would have taken weeks without the wheel.