zac

After 5 hours of tedious work, the de-striping of my car is complete. I used some chemical I found in my garage, used for Graphiti. I tested a spot and it seemed to work well. It wasnt too strong or weak.











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thesanityannex

I unfortunately picked up my car with a douchebaggy pinstriping on my hood. It NEEDS TO COME OFF.

What exactly is the solution you used and I'm assuming your pinstriping was painted on correct?

Corrosion

No, pinstripping isn't usually painted on. It's just some stupid vinyl stickers.

black label

If it took him 5 hrs to remove it, it must have been painted on. Good pinstriping is painted on.

zac

My pinstriping was painted on. I used this. It worked...

CL6

wow you ruined a great pinstriping job!

DLntheCL

never seen so many different views and angled shots for a simple before/after lol. it does look better though.

zac

Maybe, however the pinstriping was fading in several areas, already making it look worse. I think it looks alot cleaner now.

rp_guy

yeah, good job. looks great now, and your paint is in pretty good condition

type_speed

and this chemical solution did not f'up your clearcoat or your factory paint?

zac

I doubt it, nothing visible at least.

The only thing that I did notice was a shadow of the pinstriping, but I was expecting that. I am going to wax it tonight, see what happens. Might help.

thesanityannex

Thanks for the info.

RYANGP

clean job removing it. but 5 hours? jeez that's a lot of time to just remove pinstripes

TypeStylinOnU

why do they pinstripe the cars in the first place

RYANGP

i guess some people are into it. i don't think they have a place on our cars, although i'm a hypocrite for having them haha

zac

I was scared to use any stronger of a solution, so because of that, it took time for the pinstrip to weaken and break down.