Paint tips.

[Muncher]

Anyone got suggestions too strip a thin layer of paint off? They painted it this terrible green when it's got a great stock blue color underneath. 

[The86manche]

Paint thinner, acetone. Not airplane stripper. That will take everything off. It looks like a rattlecan paint which is not resistant to rough chemicals.

[Gojira94]

I’d start with odorless mineral spirits and see how that spray-over reacts. Mineral spirits are not as fast working or severely cutting like acetone. More time to work without getting into what’s below.

[89 MJ]

I’d wet sand it with 800 grit. Then up to 1500 when you’re down to blue to get rid of the sand scratches. 

[llhat]

but.. it looks like there's a clear coat issue on top of the blue... like my dark gray pioneer.

[Muncher]

3 hours ago, 89 MJ said:

I’d wet sand it with 800 grit. Then up to 1500 when you’re down to blue to get rid of the sand scratches. 

Yeah it's definitely roughed up underneath hate people that think that green looks good. 

[89 MJ]

12 minutes ago, Muncher said:

Yeah it's definitely roughed up underneath hate people that think that green looks good. 

Depending on how much they roughed the surface up, I wonder if you’d be better off DAing the whole thing down with 180 followed by 320, then priming and painting it. I’m not talking about making it too nice, but rather making it all one color. That truck looks straight enough and solid enough that it deserves paint. 

[pizzaman09]

I've used goof off to remove yellow line paint off of a car, it didn't touch the 20 year old clear coat.  Obviously try in a discreet area first. 

[derf]

Yeah, given the age and clear coat issues, I'd sand the whole thing down and do new base/clear.

[Salvagedcircuit]

I would try Paint stripper, xylene and even Isopropyl alcohol. But yeah, don't expect the clear coat or paint underneath to be that usable unfortunately :/

[NC Tom]

You can try power washing it off. I've had some luck with it taking rustoleum flat black off without damaging the original color.