Stripping paint from hardback Sport Seats
 

Can anyone suggest what is a safe but effective product for stripping the textured silver paint off of the seat backs (and other interior pieces) ??

I've stripped a lot of paint off of steel parts, but not plastic.

TIA

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The material and paint used hardback seats are similar to those in the center console, aren't they? If so, take a look at some of the threads about painting center consoles -

In this thread, one person mentions soaking the part in hot water in a bath tub for a while and then using steel wool to remove the paint. That person said it wasn't difficult to remove paint that way.

There is more information in this thread too.

I don't think there is any paint stripper that is safe for plastic, but I could be wrong about that.

After a little research and experimentation I found that when the silver paint (coating) was warmed up I could scrape it off with my fingernail.
Ended up putting it a bathtub of hot water (I'm single) and used a hard plastic scraper to peel off the rubbery paint. Then some steel wool to get whatever little was left behind. Probably about 30-45 minutes per seat.
These scrapers are very hard plastic. Made for scraping gaskets and carbon off of aluminum heads etc without gouging the aluminum. A scraper that got a little soft from the hot water didn't work well.


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thanks, works for me!

Over time the console and other silver coated plastic parts got heavily scratched and looked terrible. I tried several different methods to remove the coating but never found one that was satisfactory. I ended up taking the parts to someone who sandblasted the parts and they came back an attractive shade of black. The sandblaster suggested I then have the parts clear coated so I took them to a body shop for that and three years later they still look perfect. I think I paid the sandblaster $200 and the body shop $100 and, while I felt it was expensive, well worth the money.

Larry (the bald eagle)