What removes paint?

[Blue250X]

Ok, as sme of you might have seen I'm restoring (trying) a 1984 Yamaha 225dx. The last owner (my dad) used it for hunting and spray painted it camo:D Well, now I want to return it to the stock sky blue plastic. What can I use to remove the paint?

[NorCalRacer]

If it's just on plastic probably a pressure washer.

[krt400ex]

i have heard that nail polish remover will work, but i don't know for sure

[bradley300]

paint thinner should do it. if for some reason it doesnt work on the plastic, i used fine grit sandpaper and sanded off the spray paint i had on a quad

[KiethShwiggy300]

gas should take it right off

[Mxjunkie]

Paint stripper, paint thinner, 2+2 carb cleaner, Gas, Brake fluid

[NorCalRacer]

If you use a chemical you should test it on a small area of the plastic first just to be safe.

[Derag2]

I bet most of that stuff is gonna screw with the plastic, get a pressure washer with a heating on it and get it hot and blast away.......... my buddy has spray paint on his and hit it with the washer and no more paint....

[Mxjunkie]

Paint thinner wont harm plastics.. we use to use it on body pannels that got road tar on it down at the shop. Paint stripper wont either. It'll take a little bit of the hardness out of the plastics and make them flex a tad bit more but other then that it shouldn't harm the color of them or make them deformed

[wilkin250r]

Spray paint is an enamel paint. There aren't a whole lot of products that will desolve and remove an enamel paint without also softening your plastic.

[Ghost-Rider]

Acetone works best i have paint i use to touch up my racks and sometimes oversparay gets on the plastic and it takes it right off yea use acetone cause MEK will probly melt a hole in plastic if you use to much lol and other stuff isnt for what ur doin acetone is great stuff

[Ghost-Rider]

Actully on the VM & P Naphtha can it says a fast drying thinner for oil based paint,enamel and varnish ...personally i use acetone but if you feel the need to use enamel thinning stuff the naphtha stuff does i think but i use acetone so i duno bout the other stuff ( those are a couple of the cans we got in garage but i jsut found the naptha stuff

[prepracing]

aircraft paint stripper

[rockman]

Originally posted by prepracing
aircraft paint stripper

Yeah cause that won't completely F up the plastic:rolleyes: lol

[procircuit406ex]

bologna lol j/m but probably and paint thinner/remover and/or some sand paper

[red2004 TRX450R]

just use bumper stripper. it is made for removing paint form plastic bumpers!
there are all different kinds and brands!

just go to a real parts store and pick some up!

Beer will.

(At least it did on a car hood I saw once)