1) The PO painted the black plastic scoops a glossy black.
If I can, I want to strip it off and return them to their factory flat (or semi-gloss) black without wrecking them.
What's best to use? (If I have to, I'll just source some new scoops, but I figured it couldn't hurt to try and save them - and I might learn something in the process.)
2) The PO also got some red overspray on some black rubber trim pieces (rubber around markers, rubber at rear window) during a cheap paint job.
What's best to use to remove paint from black rubber trim without wrecking it (if possible)?
3) And lastly (oh glorious PO), the PO painted ALL the stainless steel trim (windshield bezel, horizontal door window rails, horizontal targa trim) flat (or semi-gloss) black, which wouldn't necessarily be bad, except that he did a crappy job of prepping (roughing/priming) the surface, so it's wearing off.
How do I best strip the black paint off the stainless pieces without wrecking them?
4) The car is a solid red 86. I'm about to have it completely repainted at the shop (probably to the original PPG 886 or similar primary, rosso corsa, etc) after some body repairs. I have stripped all of the trim myself to save money. The shop owner has been great. He's let me come there to strip/prep it while they're doing the body repairs.
I'm considering repainting all the stainless trim flat (or semi-gloss) black again, to get that slightly more modern red/black motif, which I like. (It's an 86, so the rear window bezel, the outer door handles, and the vertical side window strips are already black anyway. I would just have to re-do the horizontal door trim, the windshield bezel, and horizontal the targa trim.)
If I DO choose to go all black trim instead of keeping the newly uncovered factory stainless, how do I PROPERLY sand/prep the stainless to prepare it for a good permanent black paint job that will stick? And what primer (if any) and black paint should I use on it? Feel free to be very specific (step by step) down to the details on this one. Anyone who has done this successfully, I'd really like to hear exactly how, so I can do it right.
Thank you paint X-perts!
Look forward to hearing from you!
And I REALLY look forward to FINALLY sharing my face-lifted 86 with you all. Hopefully not much longer now..
If I can, I want to strip it off and return them to their factory flat (or semi-gloss) black without wrecking them.
What's best to use? (If I have to, I'll just source some new scoops, but I figured it couldn't hurt to try and save them - and I might learn something in the process.)
2) The PO also got some red overspray on some black rubber trim pieces (rubber around markers, rubber at rear window) during a cheap paint job.
What's best to use to remove paint from black rubber trim without wrecking it (if possible)?
3) And lastly (oh glorious PO), the PO painted ALL the stainless steel trim (windshield bezel, horizontal door window rails, horizontal targa trim) flat (or semi-gloss) black, which wouldn't necessarily be bad, except that he did a crappy job of prepping (roughing/priming) the surface, so it's wearing off.
How do I best strip the black paint off the stainless pieces without wrecking them?
4) The car is a solid red 86. I'm about to have it completely repainted at the shop (probably to the original PPG 886 or similar primary, rosso corsa, etc) after some body repairs. I have stripped all of the trim myself to save money. The shop owner has been great. He's let me come there to strip/prep it while they're doing the body repairs.
I'm considering repainting all the stainless trim flat (or semi-gloss) black again, to get that slightly more modern red/black motif, which I like. (It's an 86, so the rear window bezel, the outer door handles, and the vertical side window strips are already black anyway. I would just have to re-do the horizontal door trim, the windshield bezel, and horizontal the targa trim.)
If I DO choose to go all black trim instead of keeping the newly uncovered factory stainless, how do I PROPERLY sand/prep the stainless to prepare it for a good permanent black paint job that will stick? And what primer (if any) and black paint should I use on it? Feel free to be very specific (step by step) down to the details on this one. Anyone who has done this successfully, I'd really like to hear exactly how, so I can do it right.
Thank you paint X-perts!
Look forward to hearing from you!
And I REALLY look forward to FINALLY sharing my face-lifted 86 with you all. Hopefully not much longer now..