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Re: Removing overspray

To: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>,
Subject: Re: Removing overspray
From: Leckstein <bleckstein@monmouth.net>
Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 00:22:17 -0400
At 09:55 AM 5/29/97 -0400, W. R. Gibbons wrote:
>On Thu, 29 May 1997, Scott Williams wrote:
>
>> I've got an early '64 Midget that I'm just beginning to work on,  and the
>> interior and a small part of the top are covered with white overspray.  I
>
>> bought it from a guy who was painting the car in 1976, wasn't happy with
>> the way it was turning out, and just stuck it in a barn unfinished and
>> disassembled.  Does anyone out there have any recommended methods for
>> removing white overspray from red interior panels, dash, etc.?  I'm hoping
>> in particular to save the dash - I haven't seen one for sale anywhere,
>> don't imagine it would be really cheap.  Maybe it could be recovered?  I
>> don't know.  I'm on a shoestring budget here, I've got a wife and 3 kids
>
>Lacquer thinner will probably remove the overspray, but at the very least 
>it will leave the vinyl dull.  At worst, it will really do a job on it.  
>Try the thinner in a hidden area to see what it does.
>
>If lacquer thinner is too harsh, probably the best of the cheap solutions 
>is to buy vinyl paint and recoat the vinyl.  See the ads in the supplies 
>section of Hemmings Motor News.  
>
>   W. R. Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
>                  Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
>                  gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8629
>
>
> There are less harsh thinners, that may not damage the vinyl. Ditzler
makes a product called Ditzol? a cleaner, sovent, that I use all the time
to remove over spray, even on paint. I don't know if it will work on 20
year old overspray.

Mike

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