Hey, I tried searching for a thread on this and after a few atempts i've had no luck, plus i have aol so searching takes a long time. Does anyone know the easiest way to get clearcoat off of a hoodscoop?? I'm trying to prep it for primer and painting and the stock clearcoat was flaking off so i've removed 80% of it and the rest is pretty well stuck and yet still i know its gotta come off.... its plastic and I dont want to scratch it, i've been taking most off with my nails and a rag hahaha. plastic seems to scratch the coat off without hurting the scoop as well, but Its rediculously time consuming and becoming harder by the second... any ideas??
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Wet sand?

Have paint shop do it professionally?

Chemical bath?
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ah screw the paint shop, until i get my car fully painted im not wasting the money..
Dunno if the other things will hurt the plastic or not???
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AH and i dont want to sound stingy or poor or anything, i'm only 17 and working off a tight budget lol
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You can buy a paint stripper that is safe your plastic at your automotive paint store. I used it on a set of sideskirts once, but can't remember the name of it.
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first use a air hose to try to blow off as much paint as you can, you said you where flaking it off with your nail and yer prolly putting scratches in it that your gonna have to sand out. after you blow off as much as you can. then take 400 grit dry sand and feather edge the area where all the paint flaked and sand the rest of the piece with the 400. run you fingers over it and make sure everything is nice and uniform. then you can primer it. before you primer it, blow it off and then use soap and water(in a professional situation you would use some RM,sherwin or whatever brand tar and grease remover but you said your on a budget so use dawn; and not car wash you dont wanna put wax on the surface, paint, primer, or any kind of paint doesnt stick to wax, and you will get fisheyes) to clean it off and then tack( a tack rag will take off any dirt or fuzz on it) it off;let the primer dry for atleast 5 hours; then sand the primer with some 500 till its smooth, then blow it off again and clean it with soap n water again to clean it off and dry it off good, then tack it good, then your ready to paint, if your gonna do basecoat-clearcoat, try to get the paint cans with the decent nozzles that spray uniform, do about 3-4 coats, and when your spraying dont get to close, but close enough to get a good cover pattern; overlap your pattern by about 50%, let about 10 mins in between coats. if its warm out where you are like 70-80, 5 minutes in between is prolly good. but if its really cold , well i wouldnt wanna spray in cold weather because the paints not gonna dry right. but after you get the base coat done, let it flash dry about 15 mins, and take the tack rag lightly, hardly push on it and wipe it off.. then spray the clear like i said to spray the base, but dont overload it cause you dont wanna run it. put on 2-3 coats and your done.. let it dry 24 hours and enjoy. if your just gonna spray basecoat on it. do it as i said and yer good.

Dan
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