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Removing paint from your bright trim

dmoses42

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I searched the site to see if this was already posted but couldn't find it, so maybe this will help someone else out there. I had one piece of door window trim missing on my Bronco, and when I finally found the piece I needed, it was spray painted camo. So I started looking for something that would remove the paint, but not the anodizing, and found a product called Citristrip. Someone used it on some motorcycle forks and it turned out great, so I bought some and tried it. It worked like a champ! Slathered it on last night, wrapped it in cling wrap to keep it from drying, and when I pulled it out this morning, the vast majority of the paint wiped right off. Touched up the spots that were stubborn, let it sit for a few minutes and wiped it off. I took the trim out to my Bronco to compare it, and it looks just like the rest of my trim. Hopefully this will help somebody else out there...
 
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dmoses42

dmoses42

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Bronco addict
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Brunswick, Ga
Probably not a ton of people keeping their old trim, or keeping trim at all, but I feel like the old original trim is better than the repop stuff they make. And I can understand if you are replacing most of your sheetmetal and will have to correctly drill new holes. But my old '72 was born with bling, so she's keeping it.
 
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