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Is it possible to get clear coat off of a painted sign without taking off the original image?
Steve Coppens
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Don't think you can without messing up the sign. How about scuffing it and shooting it with matte clear laquer to get rid of the shine. Looks like someone used gloss clear. O'reilly auto paint sells quarts ready to shoot, works well.
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I want to get the clear coat off so I can then work on the rust.
Steve Coppens
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Steve, I never had good luck in this situation. The closet I ever got was using 800 wet/dry sand paper wet. Gently sanding wrapped around a sponge. Slow and tedious but it did work with minimal damage but there still was some to paint.
Good luck my friend.
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Don’t touch it , do more harm , I’ve tried everything on tin signs, looks worse after you mess with it and wasn’t the best to start.
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Steve, I never had good luck in this situation. The closet I ever got was using 800 wet/dry sand paper wet. Gently sanding wrapped around a sponge. Slow and tedious but it did work with minimal damage but there still was some to paint.
Good luck my friend. Going to be tough to remove chemically. I like the idea of wet sanding carefully but I would use a rigid block with maybe 600. That way you are knocking the tops off. May not look better, hard to say.
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