Getting that vinyl off the interior scuff plates

[Healeyalt]

The vinyl on my scuff plates is pealing at the edges with rust underneath. I'm trying to get the vinyl off them but it is otherwise really really stuck on. Has anyone found a trick for getting that stuff off? Some sort of solvent or scraper or something?

Thanks

Gary

[grannyknot]

I found the best way was a putty knife and a heat gun set on low or even a hair dyer. I didn't intend on trying to use it again, it just had to be in good enough shape to use as a pattern on new vinyl.

Chris

[zKars]

Heat. Lots. Burn the sucker off.

[Healeyalt]

I didn't think about heat (eg, burning it off if I have to). Thanks guys.

[Mike W]

So I did this to mine not long ago. I was not planning to recover them with vinyl so I did not need the old piece for a pattern. I ended up using rustoleum aircraft stripper and after soaking in that stuff for about 5 minutes the old vinyl just peeled right off. Couldn't have been easier.

I then sandblasted each of the pieces and sprayed them with rustoleum bed liner. They looked like new and had almost the same texture as the originals. The truck bed liner seems to hold up pretty well too.

Hope that helps.

Mike.

[Healeyalt]

Mike, I think instead of going right to the heat/fire, I'll put on some gloves and goggles and try the aircraft stripper first.

Thanks

Gary

[TomoHawk]

I definitely would not recommend burning the vinyl off. I just screwed the thing to the edge of the bench (or a 2x4, or piece of thick plywood- something with weight or clamp it all down) and carefully use a scraper/putty knife with high heat to get it off. Then use solvent and a wire wheel to de-rust. I used the spray-on truck bed coating, as it comes out looking just like vinyl and won't peel.

[kacrow76]

I used the stripper to could not have been more happy with how easy it was.