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Old 03-24-2008, 12:17 PM
CaptLloyd CaptLloyd is offline
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Default Re: Boot Stripe removal

Heat for vinyl, Easy-off for paint.

When bigger boats are sold, and the name is changed, the lettering guys will use Easy-off to take off painted letters, or a heat gun for vinyl. Usually there is a "shadow" left behind because the surface around the lettering as faded (the letters protect the surface underneath). Depending on how bad the shadow is, some of the guys will wet sand/compound the area to get rid of the shadow.

I hope this helps.

Lloyd
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