Nose of the van might not be so good place for this, depending whether You prefer Good Surface or Good Looking Surface: there are probably several small cracks in the paint from thousands of small rocks hitting the front, so high pressure water might take some chips off the paint. In my book this means that it was time for new paint anyways, as I prefer not to have any cracks in the paint, even if they are not yet visible. They will make themselves visible anyways over time. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Greg S <sorkilmo@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently removed my stripe (which were the smaller multiple pinstripe) > using high pressure water at the carwash. > > Greg S. > 87' Wolfsburg Hardtop > Ottawa Ontario > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Raymond Paquette <raymondpaquette@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Anybody have ideas about how to remove the reflective stripe that goes >> around the vanagon (or at least around mine)? I want to paint, so it has >> to go. On mine, and on the one in the picture, it is the grey stripe >> just below the windows, right through the door handles. >> >> http://www.vanagon.com/static/img/old/media/syncro/img/syncro_brochure_1.jpg >> >> I'm hoping there's a better way than sandblasting or scraping, as I >> hadn't intended on going to bare metal on most of it. >> >> Raymond >> > |
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