[Shop-talk] Parts Washers

[pethier at comcast.net]

From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek at ameritech.net>
> Amazingly, that's also the solution to removing pinstriping and lettering 
> from modern automotive finishes.  When we bought our '93 Suburban, the 
> original owners had had their names lettered onto the doors, right below the 
> windows and on the back doors too (yeah, I know, and this is Chicago 
> too...).
> 
> I stopped by my favorite body guy to see if there was any hope of cheaply 
> removing their 'customization', and he told me "just use spray Easy-Off. 
> He's not the type to pull that nasty of a joke, so I tried it and sure 
> enough it worked like a charm.

You bet.  Guy I used to know had a shop.  Customer wanted the pinstripes off his Jag sedan.  Steve used Easy-Off spray oven cleaner (get the original variety, he told me) and it came right off.  He polished up the car and the customer was very happy.

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Phil Ethier  West Side  Saint Paul Minnesota  USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
1994 Miata C package
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