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removing paint overspray on the tail pipes ?????

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I have some paint over spray on the exhaust tail pipes.

Any good method to remove said paint without hurting the underlying aluminized coating.
Ive tried a rag soaked in lacquer thinner with no luck
 
Wow, lacquer thinner would gave been my best guess . . . Very surprised it did not work . . .
 
let the soaked thinner rag sit on the pipes for a bit.....maybe scratch the thicker parts with a little sandpaper first to allow the thinner to penetrate
 
Trouble is after the engine been run the paint is baked.... Paint stripper might work.... Try putting it on the aluminized pipe in an inconspicuous spot first... I doubt it will effect the aluminizing but better safe than sorry..
 
Trouble is after the engine been run the paint is baked.... Paint stripper might work.... Try putting it on the aluminized pipe in an inconspicuous spot first... I doubt it will effect the aluminizing but better safe than sorry..

that would be my next "go to"
 
If it's a two stage paint, then lacquer thinner won't do much to it. Try a rag soaked in brake fluid for a couple of hours.
 
I thought about paint stripper but was afraid it would harm the underlying coating .

I didnt think about acetone.....

I will pick up some cheap stuff and give it a try
 
I thought about paint stripper but was afraid it would harm the underlying coating .

I didnt think about acetone.....

I will pick up some cheap stuff and give it a try
Wife /girl friends nail polish remover in the house? Usually is acetone with perfume .
 
If acetone alone won’t remove it then you might try a scotch sanding pad soaked with acetone to get down to the aluminized finish. If acetone or paint stripper won’t get it then what’s left to try will probably damage the coating.
 
OK, hear me out on this, I’ve done it on similar situations where the overspray can’t be removed.
Paint over the overspray with high heat aluminum paint.
Not perfect, doesn’t work in every situation, but it may work in yours.
 
Ive used oven cleaner to strip model car bodies with excellant results

I wonder if that will remove the coating as well
 
Scratch/sand the paint to open for a tooth. Soak a rag in MEK or a high grade lacquer thinner. Not all lacquer thinners are equal. Too many are recycled. Be careful, MEK is extremely flammable.
Methyl Ethyl Keytone if your not familiar with it.
It will soften/remove Imron....
 
Thanks gents,
using acetone and a scotch brite pad got it all off without much if any damage to the pipe coating itself

Much better now.
There is a little left on the sides of the fuel tank I will have too drop the tank to clean up. But thats for another day . Maybe this summer when the car hibernates from 112 degree temps
 
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