Getting the original paint under other paint coatings

[Soulpunk]

an interesting c&p from a german scooter forum:
loads of sprayed over scooters can be brought back to original pristine condition.
even if you don´t care about it, an orginal condition scooter can fetch 1000.- more
depending on the model and so can save some cash by selling this one and getting another
for the selfmade aerosol-job...
heres a stunning example of a german export-model series II tv175.
(its an early example without indicators.)
it was found on an "auction for everything" , beeing oversprayed in red 20 years ago or so.
all in all in ok condition, the new owner treated the whole scooter with graffiti-cleaner and fine wet sand-paper...
the new owner says that thinners and graffiti-cleaner can be too agressive on some scooters, so try it on non-visible areas first (frame, inside horncasting, etc..).

before:



after:

[vegansydney]

Wow, that's some serious elbow grease to get it back to original!

I have a ~€60 barn find GS150 (VS4) that has been given the 'Italian blow over' treatment. Hope to get it back to original paint....one day

[Andy]

I'm wondering if thats actually the same scooter. The second picture shows an original stand and grips amongst other things..

[firekdp]

Yes, the grips and stand have been changed, but look at the damaged paintwork on the front mudguard, legshields (below & to the right of the badge near the trim) and other places they're in exactly the same place before and after.

[Soulpunk]

ok, grips and stand might have been changed.
but not bad adding used grips to this scoot...