a memeber on here is going to be trading my SPO grills so i need to take my grills that are black now back to the original silver....i want to make sure to get it all off without damaging the original silver paint....would it be safe to let them sit in paint thinner or would that strip off the silver paint as well? any suggestions?

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I believe thinner will also strip the silver off as well. Might be a good idea to strip them and then repaint them silver again.

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dont really want to repaint them because they are going to someone else so i want it back to the factory silver

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I think you're SOL man.

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Don't there's anything you can do w/ stripping the silver as well. Paint thinner/stripper etc are all to strong. Why not strip it and have it painted black at a body shop or send to flip shouldn't be to expensive and paint would last longer.

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Thinner will also more than likely damage the plastic by discoloring it after all the paint is stripped off and also make it brittle. I would either repaint them or leave them as-is.

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^^Ditto. It's also a huge pain to completely clean off since some plastic are porous (I'm guessing those grills are ABS so they are indeed porous), so if you try to repaint it after you used thinner on it, it could possibly mess up the new paint job due to thinner still being in the plastic.

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well doesnt that just suck

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I would just order a can of duplicolor silver and spray em.

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well after about an hour and a bottle of goof off the grills are no longer black and silver is still good...my hands look like prunes now lol

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WOW, nice job

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Wow those came back great! Nice find and good for everyone else to know that it works.

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Wow this proves it even more goof off is f*c*in magic. lol. Ive used it to remove permanent marker from my paint, remove track sticky stuff quickly, and now this.

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All sho no go...

I shall have to find this magic juice. Does it work on sap?

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I would guess it would do wonders

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All sho no go...

tree sap you can use IPA (alcohol) which will get rid of sap...ive never used goof off but it may work...just make sure to wax the area afterwards since it will strip your wax

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Well egg is on our faces Impressive work getting that paint off. I'll have to keep this in mind.

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Just so you know, I never doubted you. Incredible work.

thanks fellas

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256HP/341TQ
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