Getting paint off door rubbers

[fe2ek]

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

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

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.

[FCwagon]

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

[craiga]

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.

[fccool59]

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.