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Whats the best way to take the pinstripe of your car??

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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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Whats the best way to take the pinstripe of your car??

I keep trying to peel it off with my finger but it's just not working. Whats the next best way to take it off.
Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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I still haven't figured it out. I got some of it but sicne it's old, the paint under will be a lot better looking the the current surface.
Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:12 PM
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heat it up with a blow drier or a heat gun on low setting, then use goo gone for the glue that remains.......
Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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go to any paint shop. not like house paint and get this thing mine was called an earser wheel. i dunno the technical name. anyways u put it on ur drill then use it at about a 45 degree angle and just use the very edge and it will come right off. its the same thing they use in shops. my dad was the one who told me... he used to paint. everything else takes for ever and leaves glue.
Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:20 PM
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They use that on SCC magazine to shave car's a$$e$ and such, not a bad idea.
Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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Thanks for the help
Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Try the heatgun idea first (or park in the sun if it's summer). The eraser wheel makes kind of a mess and most pin stripes can be taken off using some heat.
Old Feb 3, 2005 | 05:58 PM
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A BLOW TORCH........ j/k Heat gun and Goo Gone....
Old Feb 4, 2005 | 07:48 AM
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I read on the Mequiars website I think, that if you mask off the pinstripe two feet only at a time, and spray easy off oven spray on the stripes, leave it for two to three minutes, the stripes will just wipe off. Haven't tried this yet but plan to this weekend.
Old Feb 4, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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heat gun makes tooooo much heat, I just used a blow dryer on a hot day
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