paint issues

[mattmb223]

I bought my expy used and i love it it runs great and ive had no problems with it for the last year.. but i bought the truck from the fire dept i belong to it used to be a cheifs car so now it has a white strip down the side and you can still read where the stickers used to be on the truck.. ne suggestions on how to get rid of the stripes and the left markings?

 

[GRIP]

get it detailed needs to be buff out and wax cuz the sun was hit the rest of the truck and that part was under the sticker

 

[mattmb223]

thank you, would you know how to take off the striping down the side? my friend mentioned using a heat gun. but I have seen paint bubble from heat guns before.

 

[GRIP]

you can use a hair dryer not as hot but will take a little longer

 

[JUST4FUN]

the guys at work use this to take the strips off the cop cars
thier is a eraser attacment for it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Aut...id=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65:1|39:1|240:1318

 

[mattmb223]

wont that scratch up the paint and the stripping on my truck is the same as on a police car it was a fire dept chiefs car

 

[97with24"]

You will need to polish it afterwards, but it will not scratch it very much at all. They are not really scratches anyways.

 

[ELVATO]

I've always heard of shops using a rubber wheel that attaches to a drill.

As for the markings, I don't know if you'll be able to get rid of them. The markings are left because the paint faded, not the clear coat. All polishing does is remove and level the clear coat, but it doesn't touch the paint.

 

[97with24"]

If it is clear coat it will actually be the clear that has faded and not the paint, the base/clear system was developed to ensure that the base coat did not fade anymore, it is basically a protectant. If you have it polished or maybe a light wetsanding and a polish it should come out. I have personally had to do this a couple of times and see it done in shops all the time ( I am a paint and body sales representative for a large autoparts company in victoria, bc )

 

[mattmb223]

ok aoo i ahouls bring my truck to an auto body rather then a detailer to get it sanded instead of buffed?

 

[davesexplorer]

I would, as they have a bit more training and experience generally in doing that. Anything more than cleaning, buffing, detailing or waxing anyhow.