remove the paint ! Its a motoX bike , painted plastic tank sidecovers etc.
jasongroves,
May 21, 2:14am
Paint stripper designed for plastic! Thinners works but takes longer. Why do you need to remove the paint! If you are re-spraying you only need to sand back enough to give the new paint something to stick to,
Actually, don't use a stripper. Its not like you are sanding a bus so just sandpaper and elbow grease will do it;)
gunhand,
May 21, 2:25am
I think knowing why you want to strip the paint will help with suggestions on what to do. saying its a MX bike covers a number of decades. Is it plastic or steal tank for a start will help.
gunhand,
May 21, 2:31am
Monday. To do list.Go see people who check eyes lol.
gunhand,
May 21, 2:33am
Ok now that Im over the blindness, Why do you want to strip paint! Arnt most of them colour impregnated plastics! I take it has been repainted at sometime.
dr.doolittle,
May 21, 2:49am
Just wash with a scotch brite pad or similar it in a bucket of gunwash or solvents, then rinse it with water. It will get it back to the original colour of the plastic.
richard198,
May 21, 7:08pm
Any amount of sanding or scotchbrite will scratch the plastic. The right solvent will remove the paint and leave the plastic smooth.
trogedon,
May 21, 7:30pm
Leave the plastic off for that 'ghetto' look.
ladatrouble,
May 21, 8:23pm
Use one of the commercial water base degreasers or floor cleaners (Enviroclean etc).Use a dip tank at maybe 50% strength and leave for a few hours - it'll just pull the paint off and not harm the plastics.
grangies,
May 22, 3:19am
If the panels have been painted in a decent quality 2 component paint finish, then all floor cleaner will do is clean the paint. LOL.
oliver6,
May 22, 5:29am
What is the bike ! KTM plastics are really cheap.
afer_daily,
May 22, 4:37pm
dont even think of using stripper / just tried crc strip off ( this morning ) on plastic badges off side covers on old suzuki / lets just say it didnt do the plastic any good
ladatrouble,
Mar 22, 10:14am
Dip your hands in it and see what happens,not much paint it won't lift given time.
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