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Title: Removing spray paint from fender flares?
Post by: macdude443 on June 03, 2012, 04:09:30 PM
Is there an easy way to remove black spray paint from my flares?  They are rubber for anyone not familiar.  Someone spray painted them but not it's chipped here and there.  I'd like to remove it all.  Tried gasoline and acetone.. they both remove the black but it's painfully slow.
Title: Re: Removing spray paint from fender flares?
Post by: vangremlin on June 03, 2012, 04:26:12 PM
You might try some of the citrus based paint stripper you can get at Home Depot or Lowe's.
Title: Re: Removing spray paint from fender flares?
Post by: macdude443 on June 03, 2012, 07:01:46 PM
I'll check it out. Thanks.
Title: Re: Removing spray paint from fender flares?
Post by: rohnk on June 03, 2012, 09:15:44 PM
x2 on the stripper. Look closely at the bottle though and make sure it is safe for plastics. Some of them are pretty aggressive and ok for wood and metal but will soften or etch plastic.
Title: Re: Removing spray paint from fender flares?
Post by: eaglefreek on June 04, 2012, 12:02:38 AM
Eagles flares are made of Kraton. It is basically a synthetic rubber. It should be somewhat chemical resistant, but I would be careful with a chemical stripper. Personally, I would wet sand them, it would take quite a bit longer, but it will definitely be safer.
Title: Re: Removing spray paint from fender flares?
Post by: sds on June 04, 2012, 06:30:53 AM
I wet sanded my endcaps with some very fine sandpaper. It worked very well, and did not scratch the material at all.
Title: Re: Removing spray paint from fender flares?
Post by: macdude443 on June 04, 2012, 11:46:33 PM
What grit would be considered very fine?  Like 1000?