How to remove stucco/house paint from Snap on box?

[bigugly78cj5]

Ive got some Tan overspray on the side of my KRL 7022 i purchased a few weeks ago...It appears to be like a stucco or textured exterior house paint. The box was stored on the patio and the color seems to be the exact same color of his house...ive tried clay bar and over cleaner, but neither have worked. Im nervous as what all to try on there so if anyone have any suggestions they have tried please let me know

 

[Outlawmws]

Well, I just had my kids leave one of my best paint brushes out for two days and let the Water based latex house paint dry on it. I figured it was wasted.

My son has been using straight Simple Green to remove paint from his models, (a non enamel paint) and while I have some "brush saver" I acquired, it was not handy, so I tried the Simple Green soak.

It worked great! Even older paint came off on the metal piece, and older stuff near the "roots" of the bristles came out!

I can't swear that Simple Green won't attack your Snap On finish, but it is a good deal less harsh than other removers. Maybe try a soaked paper towel for 15-20 min on a part that does not show?

 

[magnusk750]

If it's latex binder in the paint you can try to soak it with spirits, 96% or what you have available over there. Flush a rag with it, put on place over the stains and then plastic film over. It wont hurt the SO paint. Household detergents can also be effective on paint if left to soak for a day or two, but then it's already a risk for the SO paint.

 

[Outlawmws]

So did you ever get the paint off? if so, How?

 

[DonkDonk]

I had this problem with a black KRL761. I tried everything.... the powdercoat on the newer boxes is pretty resilient to pretty much any chemicals you want to put on it. That being said, I found by far the easiest way to remove it was with a buffer and some compound... came right off. I wish I would have just tried the buffer in the beginning and skipped the hours of clay bar, oven cleaner, lacquer thinner, xylol, goof off, etc.

 

[evintho]

Goof-off. Any paint store will carry it.