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Line-X Removal

stingus

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Jan 25, 2010
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What's the best way to remove Line-x? I have some rust on my driver side floor panel and I want to take the line-x off and coat the pan with POR 15 and re-LineX it. The rest of the floors are great so I'm hoping the eremoval wont be a complete pain.
Thanks!
 

MrBingo

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Apr 4, 2010
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I too would like to know since I have a bronco that some chuckle head (trying to be nice) did the windshield frame and entire doors with line x.
 

msweb

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Aug 29, 2003
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Once you have it going, it peels up pretty easily. Use a sharp razor knife and a straight edge to cut around the area you want to remove. Then take a screwdriver or putty knife and insert it into the slice and drive it under the line-x on the side of the cut that you want to remove. It may not come up all in one piece but once started, it does come up without much effort.

Whatever you do, don't try using a torch or something to heat it up. Line-X and Rhino Lining is VERY flammable! :eek:
 

trailpsycho

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They use Methanol as a clean up solvent, so you could probably pour some on, soak some rags (a couple layers thick) with methanol, place them on the area, then cover with plastic, tape the edges down, so the solvent cant evaporate and let it sit for several hours, that should soften it up a little for your razor blade scraping party. Be careful, methanol is very flammable and somewhat toxic...you definitely dont want to ingest it...once you do start working with it (after its soaked)... have some good ventilation around.

Dont think I would try the brake fluid. Aircraft stripper would probably work well, as well. Just be really careful with aircraft stripper.

The methanol wont hurt your paint finish, which is why I mentioned it...not in normal contact anyway...in a soak, I cant priomise anything...but like I said, Line-X uses methanol as their cleanup solvent to get overspray and mistakes up off the painted surfaces.

Again, good luck...and be smart when handling solvents and such. Wear nitrile gloves (double glove, they are cheap).
 

72-Madisyn

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Dec 21, 2007
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there is nothing fun about removing any kind of bedliner. it is all a pain in the a** to get off. I have done it numerous times in my shop. The best thing that I have found to work is a heat gun and a putty knife. As you are just removing a section then take a razor blade and score the part that you wish to be removed, take your heat gun and work a section no more then 6 inches, then start getting under it and going to town applying heat as needed. For me solvents did nothing but make for a stickey gooey mess, if they even penetrated the surface of the coating. good luck.
 

MrBingo

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Thanks for posting this Stingus ...

and thanks for the good info guys. I'll give those doors a crack soon.
 
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