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Re: how do I get dried paint off vinyl interior ??? (also TR6 for sale

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Subject: Re: how do I get dried paint off vinyl interior ??? (also TR6 for sale)
From: Rich Mason <rmason@ro.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:30:58 -0500
At 02:22 AM 7/22/98 -0500, Barney Gaylord wrote:
>
>On Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:00:59 -0500 "Mike Cousins"
><Mike.Cousins@wsnelson.com> writes:
>>.... The dried up white paint flaked off and got all over the interior
>and got baked by the sun.  ....  Should I try to use paint thinner
>(mineral spirits), or will this screw up the vinyl ???   Some of the
>paint comes up if you scrape it with your fingernail, ....
>
>By way of necessity, I have recently had good luck in removing dried
>paint from vinyl using lacquer thinner.  Do not try this with paint on
>leather (some of us have to learn the hard way).
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>
>

One word of caution though - if the vinyl has ever been dyed/colored with
the spray stuff - lacquer thinner will remove the color as well!

Regards,

Rich Mason
'73 MGB
Madison, AL
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