NortonMarg@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/22/04 9:19:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, wheelman@nac.net
> writes:
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> > The silver paint looks almost like it has a camouflage
> > effect from a past clear coating. I have tried several methods to see how
> > it could be removed without damaging the original paint and so far nothing
> > has worked. Now you see why my prejudice in this area.
> >
>
> I'm removing very yellowed and soft clear from a 1972 Flying Scott. I may be
> particularly lucky with this project, as you can almost get it using your
> thumb nail. What seems to be really doing the trick, is to apply lacquer thinner
> via a rag, and then scrape with the thumb nail. Plastic scrapers have so far
> proven too soft, so I'm getting ready to try making a tool out of oak or some
> other hard wood. The challenge is the amount of time I can stand to smell
> lacquer thinner fumes, and the thumb nail giving out!
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA
I had the exact same experience with a 1960 Legnano Gran Premio. Silver with clear and the clear had turned to a dull, dirty, light tan color. Solvent and thumb nail (eventually a very sore thumb nail!). I think I used a piece of styrene with a blunted, chisel shaped end that worked too.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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