swirl x and pin striping

[jibnayman]

am i safe to use swirl x over the pin striping so i can remove the swirls off my car? or will it ruin the pin striping?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: swirl x and pin striping

Are the pinstripes a applied graphic strip of tape (vinyl tape), or are they painted on?

Regardless, you want to avoid using any kind of abrasive product on surfaces like these as it could cause harm. With vinyl graphics it can remove some of the color or pigment in the graphic and stain it. With painted pinstripes that are on top of the clear layer, you'll pull color too if you use something abrasive on them.

Pulling a little color isn't always a bad thing but if the paint, (pinstripes), is thin and/or thin and soft, (and that's the more likely scenario), then you could quickly create ghost stripes, as in not much there.

So avoid using abrasives on pinstripes that are on the top of the clear layer of paint.

For the small and intricate areas of normal car paint in and around the vinyl pinstripes do the best you can to apply some wax or a paint sealant to these areas without rubbing on the pinstripes themselves.

Hope this helps a little...

[Mike Phillips]

Re: swirl x and pin striping

Did a search using the term pinstripes and came up with these,

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33891&highlight=pinstripes

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32848&highlight=pinstripes

[jibnayman]

Re: swirl x and pin striping

Are the pinstripes a applied graphic strip of tape (vinyl tape), or are they painted on?

Regardless, you want to avoid using any kind of abrasive product on surfaces like these as it could cause harm. With vinyl graphics it can remove some of the color or pigment in the graphic and stain it. With painted pinstripes that are on top of the clear layer, you'll pull color too if you use something abrasive on them.

Pulling a little color isn't always a bad thing but if the paint, (pinstripes), is thin and/or thin and soft, (and that's the more likely scenario), then you could quickly create ghost stripes, as in not much there.

So avoid using abrasives on pinstripes that are on the top of the clear layer of paint.

For the small and intricate areas of normal car paint in and around the vinyl pinstripes do the best you can to apply some wax or a paint sealant to these areas without rubbing on the pinstripes themselves.

Hope this helps a little...

i don't know what kind of stripes they are they came with the car its a stock 08 honda, i think it is not paint pin stripes i think it might be vinyl

if you want a picture of the pin stripe i can get one?