[VAL] Re: Clearcoat question

[Stan Nicholson <stan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Graeme -

In a word, Yes, the plastic lenses need to be protected (not 
necessarily removed). I found that using high quality (blue) masking 
tape to completely cover the running lights worked quite well. The 
Napier stripper is environmentally safe, in that it decomposes to 
hydrogen & water, and in my case left only some old clearcoat bits on 
the concrete driveway. A shop vac picked that gooey mess right up, 
and presumably no local critters were harmed by what went down the 
gutter.

That _doesn't_ mean the stripper is harmless - it can, after all, 
lift clearcoat! I have sparkling running light lenses, but 
unfortunately also have a few permanent souvenirs of the stripping 
process in the form of small flecks on the lexan front window rock 
guard, and on the left taillight lens of my Suburban. You can hose 
the Napier right off the trailer, along with the clearcoat, but make 
sure you hose it off _everything_ that's any kind of plastic, or you, 
too, will have souvenirs. But I'd a lot rather have a few of those 
mementos than the peeling clearcoat and uneven finish pre-Napier.

Stan