[brettco]

It's hard to believe 3047 was repainted just for a color change alone, and no repairs with filler or primer were made before paint? Also, laquer paint is the least chemically resistant paint there is so I would think the new paint or sealer would of attacked or stained it. You have to do irreversible damage to a paint job to stack a new one on top to do it right. You sure wouldn't be able to use any chemical help to strip it and unless the gold was clearcoated when it was sprayed any marks from the repaint removal would be into the metalic flake and buffing would leave an uneven metallic finish behind. I have been an auto refinisher for 24yrs and have never heard of a repaint being removed down to the previous paint before and from a gold lacquer single stage with no repairs would be not one but four seperate miracles. If it was clearcoated when new it would just take two miracles-haha. The guy who did the repaint over the gold should give someone a refund! This is my professional opinion-not that anyone asked. Brett