How to remove paint.

[ScubaDubr]

I made the mistake a long while back of spray painting my twin jets and now they look horrible after so many dives. is there anything i can use to take the paint off?

i was thinking of using acetone but dont know what the affect would be on the fin.

even with them looking ghastly people say they can still spot me from quite a distance because i painted them white.

 

[Rascally Rabbit]

Sand blaster

 

[JBRES1]

Keep your fins as they are. Nobody will mistake your fins for theirs.

Jim Breslin

 

[Slamfire]

i was thinking of using acetone but dont know what the affect would be on the fin.

Dont use acetone. Acetone will eat up most rubbers.

 

[ScubaDubr]

Keep your fins as they are. Nobody will mistake your fins for theirs.
Jim Breslin

yea i keep making that joke, hahaha....one of my instructors joked around saying that even if I lost my fins they would immediately find me again. because nobody would want them.

Dont use acetone. Acetone will eat up most rubbers.

thats what i was thinking.

Sand blaster

and i was also thinking of rubbing them with sand. so your sand blasting idea wasn't to far from what i was thinking, but if i got them blasted i think i would use baking soda instead, less abrasive so less damage to the fin.

 

[fisheater]

Actually, as bizarre as it seems, I kinda LIKE the way they look.

 

[Bedros A]

Buy new ones?

No but seriously....they look cool in a very weird way :cool2:

 

[ajduplessis]

+1 for sand-blasting

 

[knowone]

I have schmick, black, extra large ones for midgets.


Wanna swap ScubaDubrDudr?

 

[ScubaDubr]

sorry but no,....anyway i gave them a few coats of white plasti-dip and they look beautiful now. i dont know why i didnt use plasti-dip from the start.