"BC" Official Mods and Paint Thread. UPDATED 3/8/13 PGM restore and strip!

Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
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It was just a bottle of spray paint and a clear coat of spray paint.
I did this on some others because I wanted to paint more :).

I’m actually using Gum Spirits, will that eat the plastic? It is paint thinner. I used it on my one and it didn’t do anything, but I didn’t soak the ONE I just got a paper towel and touched it while spinning on a drill.

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No, that probably won’t affect the plastic. Don’t know that I’d leave it soak though.

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Well how am I going to get off?

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I’m getting good :slight_smile:

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How did you get it this far?

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Sandpaper and a sandpaper block. But for some reason i cant get more off. And if i keep using sandpaper i might scrape to much of the plastic off. Its nice and smooth now. And i cant get inside where the hubstacks go.

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Then maybe some mineral spirits and fine steel wool, or a green 3M scrubby would work. In that application there’s little danger of the mineral spirits affecting the plastic a lot. I just wouldn’t soak it in it.

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No one listens to me anymore :stuck_out_tongue: Use Germ-X or Purel hand sanitizer, the alcohol concentration in both will remove the acrylic paint without damaging the plastic.

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Soak it or rub it on.

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You are correct if it’s acrylic. It didn’t sound like it was from his description, but worth a try.

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Ill go check my paint.

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These are them, the black and the clear coat. I can get better pictures :).

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Yea, hand sanitizer won’t work against those, best bet is acetone, but that stuff will eat your plastic like it’s a strip of bacon.

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Don’t ask. rubs neck

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Then what’s the point if telling me that? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Going to try the PGM by hand :/.

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A time laps. http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag2/Bcmaddog/IMG_0340_zps5d0ac0da.jpg
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So far so good.

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…

That’s pretty far from “good.”

And you like to critique people? l0l

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Yeah that’s what I meant…

No offense…but I personally am wondering, how is the PGM rims “super smooth” if you used 220 sandpaper?