I have a clear, smooth glass shower door that came from the factory
with painted white stripes on it. I want to remove a couple of the
more narrow stripes as they have deteriorated..

I've tried different types of paint strippers, but none worked. Is
there some kind of polishing compound that might remove the paint
without damaging the glass? Maybe a polishing compound I could use
with a Dremel buffing tool? Or maybe some other method? Any ideas
would be appreciated.

"kc" wrote in news:1176278554.831151.279560
@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:

I have a clear, smooth glass shower door that came from the factory
with painted white stripes on it. I want to remove a couple of the
more narrow stripes as they have deteriorated..

I've tried different types of paint strippers, but none worked. Is
there some kind of polishing compound that might remove the paint
without damaging the glass? Maybe a polishing compound I could use
with a Dremel buffing tool? Or maybe some other method? Any ideas
would be appreciated.

If it's paint, use a razor scraper. If it's a decal, heat it with a hair
dryer to loosen the glue, then use the scraper.

Most likely it's etched. In that case, use new glass.

kc wrote:
I have a clear, smooth glass shower door that came from the factory
with painted white stripes on it. I want to remove a couple of the
more narrow stripes as they have deteriorated..

I've tried different types of paint strippers, but none worked. Is
there some kind of polishing compound that might remove the paint
without damaging the glass? Maybe a polishing compound I could use
with a Dremel buffing tool? Or maybe some other method? Any ideas
would be appreciated.


If paint remover will not remove it, it is probably a baked on finish..
probably would break if you tried to remove it. Less expensive to take
the door to the shop for new glass.

If you want the paint remover to work, try using a better paint
remover. What paint remover did you use? That and removing the glass
and placing it do that it's horizontal so that you can more easily let
the paint remover soak in for a good while.

On 11 Apr 2007 06:46:55 -0700, wrote:

If you want the paint remover to work, try using a better paint
remover. What paint remover did you use? That and removing the glass
and placing it do that it's horizontal so that you can more easily let
the paint remover soak in for a good while.


A shower door uses tempered safety glass that shatters into tiny bits
if damaged. It comes in a fixed size and cannot be custom cut by a
glazier to fit. That said the paint is likely baked on to resist the
extreme environment of hot water and soaps. Its unlikely you can
remove the remaining "paint" without extreme measures (hot scraping)
and risk breaking the glass.

kc wrote:
I have a clear, smooth glass shower door that came from the factory
with painted white stripes on it. I want to remove a couple of the
more narrow stripes as they have deteriorated..

I've tried different types of paint strippers, but none worked. Is
there some kind of polishing compound that might remove the paint
without damaging the glass? Maybe a polishing compound I could use
with a Dremel buffing tool? Or maybe some other method? Any ideas
would be appreciated.

Re-paint.

PaPaPeng wrote:
On 11 Apr 2007 06:46:55 -0700, wrote:


If you want the paint remover to work, try using a better paint
remover. What paint remover did you use? That and removing the glass
and placing it do that it's horizontal so that you can more easily let
the paint remover soak in for a good while.



A shower door uses tempered safety glass that shatters into tiny bits
if damaged. It comes in a fixed size and cannot be custom cut by a
glazier to fit. That said the paint is likely baked on to resist the
extreme environment of hot water and soaps. Its unlikely you can
remove the remaining "paint" without extreme measures (hot scraping)
and risk breaking the glass.

It can be custom cut and tempered afterward. Our local glass shop did
this for us to use as kitchen backsplash. They sent it back to supplier
to be tempered, but even so was very reasonable.