Printing Removal

[Chariots of Fire]

Hi, Guys.  I have a Motormax Diecast PD vehicle that I have been asked to repaint and re-decal.  Nothing seems to take off the imprinted lettering on the doors.  Tried Novus polish, alcohol and light paint thinner.  Nothing seems to work.  Any ideas out there as to how to get them off?

[Swamp Dog]

you might try a hair dryer. if that dont work a heat gun on low. now if you removing the paint with Brake Fluid (that what i have used on Diecast) then it should take it all off at once you good soak it good.

[Rodent]

I have removed tampo printing with non-acetone nail polish remover without harming the underlying paint.

[peteski]

Charlie,  you stated "repaint and re-decal", but then you mention just removing the lettering.  If you need to remove it all to bare metal then any of the commercial paint stripping solutions should work without damaging the diecast metal.

If you want to retain the paint and just remove lettering, things can get a bit more complicated.

The old-fashion Tampo printed lettering might come off using Naphtha or even strong decal setting solution (like Walthers Solvaset).  Just place a small swatch of plain Kleenex tissue or non-quilted toilet paper over the lettering and soak it with one of those solvents.  Let is sit for a while then try to rub the lettering off.

But many of the recently produced models are lettered using ink-jet printers and UV-cured opaque inks.  Those are really difficult to remove.

[Shark]

Wet sand the letters with some 400 

[Chariots of Fire]

5 hours ago, peteski said:

Charlie,  you stated "repaint and re-decal", but then you mention just removing the lettering.  If you need to remove it all to bare metal then any of the commercial paint stripping solutions should work without damaging the diecast metal.

If you want to retain the paint and just remove lettering, things can get a bit more complicated.

The old-fashion Tampo printed lettering might come off using Naphtha or even strong decal setting solution (like Walthers Solvaset).  Just place a small swatch of plain Kleenex tissue or non-quilted toilet paper over the lettering and soak it with one of those solvents.  Let is sit for a while then try to rub the lettering off.

But many of the recently produced models are lettered using ink-jet printers and UV-cured opaque inks.  Those are really difficult to remove.

I even tried a very fine sand paper and that won't cut it either without ruining the white paint underneath.  I had some success, though limited, using Novus 3 but it takes a lot even with that.  It may come to a repaint of the white!😬

Edited October 19 by Chariots of Fire

[Bugatti Fan]

I would suggest that there is no real shortcut here, so bite the bullet and strip the lot off, clean it thoroughly, primer paint it, then top coat and apply the new decals.

 

 

 

 

[NOBLNG]

17 hours ago, Chariots of Fire said:

I even tried a very fine sand paper and that won't cut it either without ruining the white paint underneath.  I had some success, though limited, using Novus 3 but it takes a lot even with that.  It may come to a repaint of the white!😬

You should be able to sand “just down to” the white paint with a fine enough sandpaper and a very light touch. The trick would be to stop before going through the white which may be very thin. Then the white would need to be polished back to match the surrounding surface.

[stitchdup]

automotive cutting compound

[Chariots of Fire]

The "decals" were unbelievably hard to remove.  I finally did bite the bullet and sanded them off but it cut through the white paint of the door.  So I smoothed it out, primed it with Duplicolor light gray and repainted with Tamiya bright white.  So far so good!