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\nEvery colour behaves differently. The beast is the emerald green, which leaves behind the thick grey glue. Second is the teal, which leaves a a chalky white residue. The best are the burgundy, the lettering, and the swipes, which just peel right off.<\/p>\nI put in a solid day of destriping to get to this point, starting around 9:30 and working two hours, then putting in another four hours this afternoon. I’m on flier duty for the rest of the week, so it’s nice to get a head start. This is not an onerous chore, believe it or not. I love working on my home and being out in the sun feels so good!<\/p>\n
My tools for this project are:<\/p>\n
-a hair drier that blows really hot;<\/p>\n
-a narrow metal paint scraper (thrilled to find one that isn’t wrecking the fiberglass!);<\/p>\n
-an old Petro-Points card for scraping the bottom stripes that are on white painted metal, not fiberglass;<\/p>\n
-an old pair of tweezers for picking at small bits;<\/p>\n
-WD-40 for loosening the adhesive prior to blasting with heat.<\/p>\n
I have two thoughts about this immense project that may shed some light on why I’m putting myself through this.<\/p>\n
The first is that Miranda was due for a really thorough exterior restoration. Why put in all that elbow grease only to cover decals that are cracked, peeling, and dated?<\/p>\n
The second is that I have a number of options for how to restripe, in a variety of prices and difficulties. If I end up with a worst case scenario, that even with a thorough buffing I still have ghosting, or, even worse, I can’t get off all that grey glue, then I can get three rolls of wide striping in different colours, plus a couple of stock graphics, and just reproduce what was there in a more simple design. Total cost for that would be a few hundred bucks and Miranda would still look better than she does now. I’m exploring all options, including professional restriping and even, gasp, painting, but I know that regardless of what I end up doing, it’ll be completely worth it.<\/p>\n
As a side note, I love my location. After working all day in the hot sun I really wanted a cold beer and there just happens to be a liquor store across the street!<\/p>\n
All this work today was also a good distraction from my feeling of impending doom about the election results. Two and a half hours left until the poll results start trickling out…<\/p>\n
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