the tinker
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
That is awesome that the Wd40 and steel wool worked so well for Buickmike. There are lots of ways to safely remove paint, and Morton is right, try on a small concealed area first. I got a "yard" bike that had been hastily painted with a silver spray paint, that nothing would would completely remove, except Parks brand paint remover and steel wool, and it still wouldn't get off all the silver paint. There is a boy's Columbia on my work stand right now, that was a nice 50's Columbia that had light blue house paint on it. The bike was 100% correct, except for the poor re- paint. I paid 250 bucks for it at a swap, thinking the blue paint would easily come off with Goof Off, or oven cleaner. I ended up parting the bike out, and making a rat-rod out of the frame. Some paints just won't budge. It's like they melt into the original finish. It's funny really, because when you want to get a nice adherence, sometimes your paint job will peel.