pulling door moldings

lowone01 · Post by **lowone01** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:59 pm

hey guys i no im not the only one the problem so what is every body doing when they pull the moldings off and the 3m tape pulls some clear or thos little bubbles under paint.

OB · Post by OB » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:12 pm

If the paint under the moldings is damaged, you can either put them back on or repaint the doors. Simple as that.

lowone01 · Post by **lowone01** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:59 pm

there has to be a better way i know this is a problem for most

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:06 pm

lowone01 wrote:there has to be a better way i know this is a problem for most

No... there really isn't. Either repaint it, or put them back on. It's not magic.

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:26 pm

lol bubbles are not good. Mine come out OK just the paint fade. There's no way to deal with bubbles...

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:43 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:
lowone01 wrote:there has to be a better way i know this is a problem for most
No... there really isn't. Either repaint it, or put them back on. It's not magic.

Not rocket science buddy...

OB · Post by OB » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:36 pm

There may be better ways of removing them, in terms of preventing damage, but once the paint/clear is damaged, it needs to be redone. Kind of a universal piece of common knowledge about paint...

The search function works wonders for common topics like this BTW.

Pablodragon · Post by **Pablodragon** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:30 pm

yea, one time this topic was posted about in the past... the issue seemed to be when, at the the factory, they put on the molding...if the paint was cured longer... those cars the molding seemed to come off without damaging the paint... if the paint was not cured all the way, those were the cars where damage occurs when it is removed.... no wayy to tell untill ya try it.

I was lucky with my 04