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Title: Getting paint off door rubbers Post by: fe2ek on October 19, 2004, 06:49:13 AM Is there an easy way to get paint overspray off door rubbers.It was painted quite a few years back by the previous owner and I want to tidy things up a bit,but i dont want to pull the rubbers out as some are still ok.
Cheers Geoff Title: Re: Getting paint off door rubbers Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on October 19, 2004, 10:05:06 AM I'd test these ideas on an old throw-away piece before doing it to the car.
1. Chemical - thinners or paint stripper on a rag, may eat the rubber though, watch the surrounding paintwork too. 2. Abrasive - steel wool, scourer or fine sanding block 3. Chemical - I picked up some degreaser the other day, biodegradable, made from sodium hydroxide and other salts. Stripped the grease off the parts a treat and softened the paint on the brush I was using. I think this is the same gear a company called Minus Paint use to strip cars of paint etc, a side-effect of the process is that is reguvenates rubber. Title: Re: Getting paint off door rubbers Post by: FCwagon on October 19, 2004, 08:12:23 PM If it's only light overspray, to prevent damage to rubber & duco I've had success using some cutting polish. Cleaned up the excess dried polish with an old toothbrush. Hope this works for you too.
Leigh Title: Re: Getting paint off door rubbers Post by: craiga on October 19, 2004, 08:33:37 PM Try Prepsol (Wax and Grease Remover). If its acrylic the paint will come straight of as it softens, if its enamel the you'll need to work a bit harder, maybe with a light scourer pad.
Good Luck. Craig. Title: Re: Getting paint off door rubbers Post by: fccool59 on November 11, 2004, 11:37:38 AM Iv'e never had a problem using thinners to remove acrylic overspray of rubbers, they used thinners a lot for cleaning rubber pedals etc in the 60's and 70's.
another way is to gently scrape it with a razor. becuase the rubber is flexible it usually comes of just by scraping it with your finger nail. polishes and compounds will take a long time and you will have to rub the shit out of the rubber with a solvent like prepsol or white spirit as the polish will leave a white residue ingrained in the rubber. Alkaline type water base degreasers will leave streaky oxidization on the paint, they will only be effective as a lubricant while you scrub the rubber, white spirit would be more effective and safer as a lubricant that stays wet longer than prepsol but it will dry the rubber a little bit, vaseline can be rubbed in to rejuvinate the rubber, this is often coloured and sold as a silicone free rubber rejuvinator, you could probably use it as a lubricant to scrape the rubber with as well. make sure you rub of all the excess vaso as it holds dust and gets messy. |