how to strip paint from the tank shields 1979 honda

[Mjholi67]

I have a 1979 honda gl 100. The paint has bubbled on the sheilds and want to strip and repaint the bike. Since the shilds and sides are plastic what is the best way to remove the paint to repaint?

[auctioneeral]

Mjholi67
I have been working on my 1981 plastic item's. All I have done is sand them down some and if pinstripe sand to remove stripe. I been using rattle can paint. I prime, top coat and clear.

[Mjholi67]

The concern I have is that the paint is bubbled on the tank shields and there are some large chips in the paint. I want to strip off the old and repaint. What is the best way to strip paint off of plastic without damaging the plastic.

[urbanmadness]

sanding is the best method. When I painted mine, I just sanded the pin striping and clear coat off. The clear coat is what is probably "bubbling". Then clean it up with something some diluted simple green. As for the nicks and deep scratches, a little bondo will fix that up. If it's cracked tho, you will need to use ABS cement on the back side an then prime and bondo the front side. You don't need to take it down to bare plastic, but you will need to prime it, if only to get a nice consistent color before you start painting.


At least that's how I did mine.

[WingAdmin]

Yeah, sanding is really going to be your only option. Heat stripping (normally my go-to paint stripping method) will melt the plastic. Chemical strippers will damage the plastic. Mechanical removal (sanding) is pretty much all you have left.