The previous owners painted over the plastic fan cover. The little 5x5
bathroom was painted dark purple.

So i either need to track down a new cover or find a paint remover that
won't warp plastic.

Suggestions?

C_kubie

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The previous owners painted over the plastic fan cover. The little 5x5
bathroom was painted dark purple.

So i either need to track down a new cover or find a paint remover that
won't warp plastic.

Suggestions?


New cover or re-paint a better color. Removing paint from plastic never
works very well.

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The previous owners painted over the plastic fan cover. The little 5x5
bathroom was painted dark purple.

So i either need to track down a new cover or find a paint remover that
won't warp plastic.

Suggestions?

C_kubie


You might try Goo-Gone. If it doesn't work, it won't hurt.

On 7 Jan 2005 09:46:12 -0800, wrote:

The previous owners painted over the plastic fan cover. The little 5x5
bathroom was painted dark purple.

So i either need to track down a new cover or find a paint remover that
won't warp plastic.

Suggestions?

Soak it in water with a little dish detergent in it for a few days.
If it's latex paint that should soften it enough that you can
rub/scrape it off.
--
Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:

"What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the
establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . .
Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of
the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order
to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House
of Representatives, August 17, 1789

wrote in message
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The previous owners painted over the plastic fan cover. The little 5x5
bathroom was painted dark purple.

So i either need to track down a new cover or find a paint remover that
won't warp plastic.

Suggestions?

C_kubie

Lye mixed with water should do the trick. Lye is kind of rough on wood but
is shouldn't touch the plastic.

Ammonia might do the trick also.

Info on stripping paint: http://www.woodzone.com/articles/paint_stripper.htm


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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

On 7 Jan 2005 09:46:12 -0800, wrote:

The previous owners painted over the plastic fan cover. The little 5x5
bathroom was painted dark purple.

So i either need to track down a new cover or find a paint remover that
won't warp plastic.

Suggestions?

C_kubie


Try the soaking method as another poster suggested. You may want to
add some household ammonia to the soaking water. If that doesn't work
try removing the old paint by mechanical means. Lava soap, Comet or
Ajax, steel wool, or a round wire brush chucked in a drill (try to be
somewhat gentle here) or finishing sander.

Phisherman wrote:

On 7 Jan 2005 09:46:12 -0800, wrote:

The previous owners painted over the plastic fan cover. The little 5x5
bathroom was painted dark purple.

So i either need to track down a new cover or find a paint remover that
won't warp plastic.

Or paint it again with the color you want.