Removing rattle-can paint from wind-screen

[rk97]

Any tips on getting paint off a wind screen without damaging it too badly?

it's "only" rattle-can, so it's sort of started removing itself in some places. Can I just get a rag and take some thinner or brush-cleaner to it?

 

[Mikey75702]

I was thinking of suggesting some thinner or acetone, but not sure how it would react to the plastic. I think acetone would be the better of the 2.

 

[matt2212]

acetone will eat the lexan, maby sand then wet sand then cut with a rubbing compound. may be a little foggy but if you went to wet 2000 grit before the rubbing coumpound it might be ok

or just get a new one

 

[rk97]

I'm trying to get the paint off to sell this one. Already have a "new" one in the garage.

it's just the bottom 4-5" of the screen, so I suppose I could probably paint it flat-black and buyers wouldn't mind too much. It doesn't affect visibility at all; I just don't think the market for a wind-screen with an orange bottom is very large

 

[Matt]

best idea right there.. cover it.

 

[Dave561]

Keep it as a spare. Anything that will take the paint off will probably hurt the clarity of the screen

 

[rk97]

slow_honda;177530 wrote: Keep it as a spare. Anything that will take the paint off will probably hurt the clarity of the screen

yeah, that's probably smarter than I was figuring. In my haste to make the bike comply with SuperStock rules, I'm overlooking the fact that, 1) I still plan to do a lot of trackdays, and 2) not every race is a SS race...

 

[daddyfriedrich]

I found out the hard way that Goo-gone will literally melt Honda OEM windshield

 

[jcrich]

Try some mineral spirits it should not hurt the plastic. Test a very small section first to verify.

 

[racerx69]

I tried the mineral spirits, and it wasnt strong enough lol!

 

[Meat]

Try wax first. A regular liquid car wax will take most fresh paint off of most surfaces.

 

[dbakerpa]

some mothers polish or prepsol will probably work.

 

[Spitz]

Clay bar?