stripping the rubber coating off of an explorer bezel. some is already bubbling up which is awesome. saves the headache of sanding lol

 

Fun!

 

I need to do this to my stock bezel. I can reach over and peel the stuff right off lol.

A good excuse for a new bezel? Maybe.

 

this one is still being lame. I need to take steel wool to it to get this stuff off with the brake fluid

 

don't make the mistake i made...citri-strip

 

lol i don't have any anyway

 

What a pain in the butt. Have fun.

 

lol yeah it sucks. letting it sit with a coat of fluid on it over night. the top part of it is done and so is the part where the radio goes but the rest is still holding up strong. worse comes to worse, ill take the pressure washer to it and take care of it in minutes

 

I can start calling you easy money now. I took my time and used brake parts cleaner to eat the rubber and it turned out real nice after several primer coats sanded off.

 

I'd have taken it to work and sandblasted it.

What, Not everyone has a sand blaster?
Tough luck.

 

Im doing this same thing right now. It blows

 

even with fine grit slag i bet it would mess up the plastic

 

We've got Baking Soda and Plastic media.

 

id be scared to do it lol. 80% of it is stripped. just threw another coat on and it should be done tomorrow

 

Soda blasting is awesome. I just did it a few days ago to test it out. You can take a total painted piece clear coat and all, blast it from paint to primer to bare metal.

 

Just set it on fire. It will take all of the coating off.

 

Is it just exploder ones that have that or do danger ones too? I notice mine has a grey paint. It's chipped near the station buttons so I'm not worried about doing anything about it. One day I'll paint it satin black.

 

yeah my friend takes his wheels to get soda blasted every year. changes the color of the centers (3 piece wheel) every year

you can do that to your own man ill pass lol

all of em have it unfortunately

 

So for me to properly do mine I would have to strip it down? Could I just sand down where it's scratched/worn and prime and paint?

 

I don't know if it will come out the same because on yours its the rubberized silver/gray paint. The last thing you want to do is sand it lol it will take forever! I did that to one of my previous ones it it was the worst.

Buggman told me the brake fluid trick

 

You didn't know brake fluid ate rubber?
You know Gasoline eats Silicone, right?
Power steering fluid does a decent job removing junk too.

 

Right now, I can Peel mine off lol.

 

I would of thought brake fluid ate the bezel and i was right. some of the little "pins" by where the switches go have fallen off lol. Buggman also told me one of his bezels shattered into pieces after leaving the fluid on too long. can i try brake fluid on your truck? i heard its good to polish with too lol

 

lol do it

 

Lol. Can't make it any worse.
I don't think i've ever tried brake fluid on something with a clear coat.
Do it on that Camry you got first, then lemme know.