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Plastic surface paint remover HELP me!

Old Oct 9, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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Plastic surface paint remover HELP me!

I have a plastic bumper cover and i need to strip the paint off. any sugestions on what i should do? any sugestions on what to use to strip the paint off?
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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 05:33 PM
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they make a paint stripper for flexible parts.

you can use a non-flex-safe stripper too, but don't leave it on there very long. Use that to break through multi-layers of paint & whatnot, then finish off with the flex-safe stripper.
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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 06:03 PM
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Don't be alarmed when the Urethane bumper warps from chemical paint stripper, because it will go back to its original shape in a day or two.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 08:12 AM
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Re: Plastic surface paint remover HELP me!

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Don't be alarmed when the Urethane bumper warps from chemical paint stripper, because it will go back to its original shape in a day or two.
So you're telling me that's normal? I used a flex stripper, my rear bumper warped like hell, it went back to normal a few days later. It scared the **** out of me and never trusted it since. I sanded it down instead. But if that is suppose to be normal i should consider stripping the rest off.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Re: Plastic surface paint remover HELP me!

SEM urethane bumper stripper is the best stuff I've used so far.
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