Bumper Cover Paint Removal

[SVO P51]

My Front Bumper Cover has a couple of layers of paint that I have been trying to sand off to prepair for repainting, but I am in search of an easier route.
Has anyone used" Bulldog Flexible Bumper Stripper"? I have heard that it will work but I don't want to mess up the cover. Thanks!

[SVOeric]

the bulldog  I have not heard of.  I have used mar-hyde, and SEM bumper paint remover, (in spray cans) and had pretty good luck.  I believe the SEM stuff worked a little better than the mar-hyde.

[SVOeric]

almost forgot--

You might try doing some searches on this subject, as I brought it up when I painted my SVO.  Someone mentioned media blasting, and that it works very well.

[SVO P51]

Thanks, my bumper cover has been repainted and it looks like they didn't use any flex agent, because the top layer is chipped, so the stripper is good news.
The car is a 9W I think, my door sticker is too faded to read though.
Only a couple of small dings in the body, the rear bumper cover needs to be replaced though.

[svono50]

That was me who mentioned the media blasting. The body shop that repainted my car had them sent out to a specialty shop they use for stripping plastic parts. He mentioned that they use walnut shells for stripping the paint w/o damaging the soft plastic. I saw my cover as it came back from the stripper and it looked brand new, very nice & smooth finish.

As for flex agent, my body shop recommended against it on the bumper covers. His reasoning was paint quality. He stated that if the part is prepped properly and quality paint is used you should not have any issues with cracking. I let him do it, since he knows better than I and I haven't had any issues.

[SVOeric]

actually Ted, the info I have is that Flex additive only lasts for about 6 months..  By then, it is completly cured, just like normal paint.  This info was given to me by a QC tech that works in a automotive paint plant.

It is needed to help in assembly, because once it is all assembled, it dont flex much anyway.