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Old 09-06-2014, 10:55 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Update: Exterior Restoration Part 1A- Pinstripe Removal + General Cleaning

Well, the post subject says it all. Been a lot of fun today. Here's some pics.

My 2-year old putting in work! Helping remove the side-skirts...




Here's a last "before". Everything removed, antenna hole taped up. Time to do a good general wash/degrease.



But first, broke out the pinstripe removal tool and got the stripe off.






20 minutes later, all that was left was a bunch of eraser goo and dust.

Some Goo Gone wipes made quick work of the leftover residue.



Here's after the Goo Gone wipes.



And after a bath, here she is, ready for Part Two work.













Used some "Glass Scrub" to clean the water stains & crud off of all the glass surfaces. Love that stuff.



Also, for my own records later in the project, here's some detailed pics of the old Civic VX decals, with measurements. I plan to re-create this later, with some special additions added.







...and the door cards are off for restoration work and audio corrections.



...and here's the new Duralast Flex Blades with the recently painted/restored wiper cowl. It got the Duplicolor treatment that I mentioned in my previous post.



Thanks for eco-tuning in!
The next major updates will be Exterior Part 1B: Trip Painting, and then Exterior Part 2: clay bar, wet sand, cutting, polishing, glazing.

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