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Interior Dye removal ??

68383GTS
03-13-2010, 08:44 AM
My hard plastic door panels and kick panels are dyed.Who ever dyed them may have used a cheap dye or did not clean them well before dying.The dye is starting to flake here and there.Is there a way to strip the old dye off so I can dye them with a good dye.I would think a chemical paint stripper like aircraft stripper would be to strong.Any ides????I can try a kick panel first...

Thanks,Jim

69HEMICORONETR/TCONV
03-13-2010, 11:12 AM
spray bottle of paint thinner to soften and loosen the dye and then scrub very lightly with steel brush or a medium bristle brush to remove the softened dye.

jaak
03-13-2010, 11:38 AM
I personally havent tried it, but on dodgecharger.com, some guys were striping plastic dash parts with oven cleaner, before refinishing them. They said it worked great.

Jason

69HEMICORONETR/TCONV
03-13-2010, 01:34 PM
I tried that on a kick panel once and it softens the plastic too much for me

Histoy
03-13-2010, 06:28 PM
I've used lacquer thinner in the past.

godfatherofchry
03-14-2010, 05:51 AM
take an air blower flex the parts back and forth blow off all the louse pant then take a scotch Brit pad feather the pant and repaint.this has worked for me in the past and panels still look good..