# need help:: how do i remove paint from tailights?

**URL:** <https://forum.g2ic.com/t/need-help-how-do-i-remove-paint-from-tailights/26355>\
**Category:** Integra Help\
**Created:** [July 31, 2002, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/need-help-how-do-i-remove-paint-from-tailights/26355 "2002-07-31T09:00:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![RedStarGsr](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/redstargsr/32/32_2.png) [@RedStarGsr](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/RedStarGsr)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/need-help-how-do-i-remove-paint-from-tailights/26355/1 "2002-07-31T09:00:33Z")

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well…to make a short story short, ive got an old set of tailights, and at the time i got bored, so i just painted them all black for shlts, and now i wanna go put them back to stock. some people have said paint thinner or lacquer thinner but both of these seem too weak. i think i need something stronger than those ( it barely removes it, and if it does its gonna take forever ) and something not as strong as aircraft remover, b/c that will destroy the actual plastic housing. Im thinking maybe a wet sand or something, and then polish it up later? just dont know if i can do it evenly.

please dont say, go buy a new pair, because im not going to.

if anyone has any advice, please feel free and chime in.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/need-help-how-do-i-remove-paint-from-tailights/26355/2 "2002-07-31T23:17:11Z")

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Use turpentine or there is stuff at a parts store specially for stripping paint. It should be easy to get everything completely off.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/need-help-how-do-i-remove-paint-from-tailights/26355/3 "2002-07-31T23:42:45Z")

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one of my friends used brake cleaner to take the paint of his taillights :danger: