Years ago I repaired some cracks with plasie weld an original 1971 GS grill. Then after a very good sanding with 400 grit paper, and a good cleaning. I repainted it with 2 coats of silver spray paint. Now that I am finishing up the front cap install. I notice there are places where the paint has chiped off the grill. Also its the wrong shade of silver. I would like to remove all the paint off the grill without hurting the plastic and go back with the correct shade of silver. Is there a way to remove the spray paint without harming the plastic?
Richard, There are several threads on here documenting the correct process to strip and repaint our plastic grilles. The best method to strip it is to spray the grille with a thick coat of easy-off heavy duty oven cleaner. Wrap it in a industrial grade garbage bag and let it sit for a couple of days. Take it out, spray it with the hose, and it should be paint free! I tried to find the thread I used when I redid mine with this method, but my search came up empty. Hope this helps! Louie
would that also work to get off overspray on parking lamp lenses without clouding or distorting them?
Another option: I just removed flat black paint from the parts of a 67 plastic GS400 grill that should be silver that the previous owner had sprayed with black. I used lacquer thinner, small paint brush to spread it and industrial paper towels to wipe off the residue. Everything came off cleanly and got me back to unpainted plastic that I will now paint the correct silver.
If paint is chipping off or peeling off plastic I bet enamel was used. Not meant for plastic. Lacquer is best for plastic. Never had it chip.
Bet your right Dave. It was off the shelf spray paint from O'rileys. So what is the correct color and where do you get it in a spray can if possible in laqure? For 71 GS grill. Also correct Black that goes in other areas of the grill in laqure? Thought I have read Agret silver or somthing like that? I I I I want to do it right for the last time.
Hi Gary, on the overspray on lights, if overspray is very light, sometime the simple MagicSponge works or GoofOff (comes in a small can). Worked for me but was light overspray. On overspray on chrome, i use Magic Chrome cleaners lightly and all paint came off.
I have painted 71 grills with alumiblast from Eastwood and the grill portion with charcoal gray wheel paint. I Used Underhoid Black from them for the black parts. These were all lacquer based. Ask if they still are. Krylon is Lacquer based as well. Look for Dull Aluminum and a medium gray from them and Satin black. Three colors on a 71 grill. A real nightmare trying to tape and sequence everything.
I just bought all the Eastwood colors you listed. Could you please list the order of sequence of areas that need to be painted? Thanks
Wow. I need to go in the way back machine. I know I did the black last. I think I painted the entire front charcoal gray. Then taped up the grill part and painted the bars aluminum. Last I Used newspaper to cover all but the black parts and did them last. Make sense? You will take up a lot of hours with masking tape and an exacto knife. Just take your time and don't lay it on too thick. No need. You should wait several days between steps or the tape will pull off the fresh paint. This is another reason the lacquer is superior. It dries quicker and is less likely to pull off. Again if it was painted with something else previously you can have a real mess on your hands.
