Side art cover-up paint advice needed

ManiN

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Does anybody recommend a method / chemical to remove the thin layer of krylon black or whatever the persons usually uses to convert a game and cover the beatiful original art?

I have done some research, and there are chem companies that claim they have chemicals for removing graffiti off of buildings without damaging the underlaying paint. One brand is TSW2. Anybody ever tried this?

I can see that the art is intact physically below the paint i.e. limited scratches etc, and would love to remove the paint without scoring the good paint too bad. Maybe even save it enough to clear coat it and leave it as vintage.
 
gd, wish I knew of this about 6 months ago. the white on my KI sideart got eaten up by Citristrip. :(
 
Picked up the exact supplies at the Home Depot. I'll give this a shot soon!

As a recap, just soak the thick paper towels in the lift-off and place on side of the standing cabinet and wait 10-15 min, then pull off and black paint will come with the towel, or minor scraping is necessary to remove paint? I'm hesitant to put much force in scraping to remove the affected paint as the art may be weakened due to the chemicals. I'll have to try on an inconspicuous area first right??? :)
 
test first in an inconspicuous area? yes, that's the idea. :) as noted, lighter colors on sideart are more susceptible to getting damaged when you leave the chemicals on too long. I would know, everything else came out decent when I used Citristrip, but the white stuff got gobbled up.

I really wanna try this method, but I don't have the time right now to muck with it. might just go the Citristrip route again, I'm not trying to preserve sideart, just trying to get a nasty paint job off.
 
I dunno guys... I did exactly as described and it did a half ass job on the paint only partially stripping, but also when I went for a second attempt it started eating everything... I think maybe this method might be great for paint over decals, but I think paint over paint was a pipe dream. It's upsetting as I know stencils are not only expensive, but it's a lot of work to sand it down and paint it etc. DAMN!
 
I know this is an old thread but I thought I would give you an update if you want to remove a sprayed on paint layer off a cabinet or other item.

So I got this badly rusted and painted over Midway coin door. The logo plate was spray painted over as you can see from the first photo. I followed this thread and used Motsenbocker Graffiti Remover to see if I recover the original artwork underneath. I sprayed the solution over a paper towel and placed it over the decal. After 2-3 minutes, I used the same towel to wipe off the paint with a little elbow grease. But not real difficult. no need for a scraper.. Make sure to wear eye protection and a mask..

As you can see, layer 1 came off pretty well. Unfortunately, some of the original red on the left side was also removed because it was not covered in black paint. I used some Naptha to clean off the remover off the logo plate and then used soap and water just in case to wash off any other residual chemicals.

Bottom line - the stuff works, next time, I will used a Q-tip on the painted areas that I wanted to remove, but results are good enough for me.
 

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