Tips for Removing paint from Rickter

[peterlocal22]

I want to paint the belly of my Rickter. The paint and sticker that Rickter puts is brittle but some areas are on like cement. Any tricks to this?

thanks

 

[Austin]

Have you tried the heat gun and razor blade?

 

[amitchell]

for the sticker

http://www.amazon.com/3M-Stripe-Wheel-Mandrel-Diameter/dp/B00063VT0G

 

[whooiedog]

for the sticker

http://www.amazon.com/3M-Stripe-Wheel-Mandrel-Diameter/dp/B00063VT0G

^^^^^^^deff use this. I used to use these in the body shop all the time for removing the stripes from the retired cop cars before they go to auction. Stickers were always brittle as hell...

 

[peterlocal22]

can it damage the fiberglass?

 

[amitchell]

Not from my experience.

 

[whooiedog]

When I first started using them, I think I burnt the paint in a couple places.....so I would deff recommend testing it out on something before turning it loose on your baby.

 

[whooiedog]

Get the feel for it....then have at it. I think you'll be fine.

 

[aytee]

The title says removing paint... the post says sticker... ??

Removing sticker/decal... couple ways to do it... heat gun and razor blade is by far the easy way to do large decals on flatter surfaces.. eraser wheel is nice for smaller ones or not flat surfaces... either way works.. wheel just takes longer to cover ground...
If using a heat gun and razor.. don't over heat, don't dig into hull.. keep the heat close to the blade..
If using wheel.. don't run it super fast.. keep it moving... let cool often...
Either way follow with adhesive remover to get any left over residue...

If it's paint that's a whole nother chapter...

Experience: owning a body shop...

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[g-ski]

Ride it across some rocks. That's how I got all the paint off the bottom of mine.

 

[makejetskiinggreatagain]

I used the wheel on some decals that had been baked onto a 650sx for 25 years. They were on there good. The wheel took them right off. Bought the wheel at a local auto zone.

 

[shaunsteezy]

the stickers have a clear coat paint over them.. super lame. im going through the same process. im thinking just take an orbital sander to it and rough it up, clean with paint thinner/acetone and go hard with some cheap paint. its gonna wear off no matter what if you beach your ski, might as well make it easy to touch up.

 

[aytee]

That's what I figured you were talking about... the wheel or heat gun does you no good...
Best bet is to get the decal removed before painting.. I've had issues before where the decal would wrinkle under the paint, then you have an even bigger mess to fix... this only happens in certain cases, it might work, it might not... I would try it on a small portion of it before painting the whole thing to see what will happen.. or see if someone who has painted one will chime in and know weather or not it's going to be an issue...
Other than that.. hit it with some 320 to 400 grit paper on the sander and knock the shine off then paint it...

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[DAG]

the stickers have a clear coat paint over them.. super lame.

How dare Rickter make a quality product, lets revolt lol

 

[aytee]

Actually... are you sure it's cleared over and not a clear layer of vinyl? Like I ssid, I've never touched one.. I'd think they've been doing it long enough to know clearing over a decal will eventually flake.... or is it even a decal and not paint? They could have just did a clear vinyl over everything.. I'd definitely check with someone who has painted one before busting into it to avoid a possible problem...

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[Roseand]

I'm pretty sure during the RRP factory tour, they showed them putting decals on and then clearing over them..

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[skinnyman]

they have clear over them

 

[aytee]

Sand it and paint it...

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[509freerider]

You might hit up Blowsion and check how they prep them, know they have painted a lot of them! Dreading the day I have to paint mine!

 

[shaunsteezy]

How dare Rickter make a quality product, lets revolt lol

no doubt its a quality product. just wondering why they dont do gel coat and then install graphic kits just like all the oem companys do... then they could sell multiple graphic kits just like the moto industry does.

clear coat will chip.