Any suggestions on how to save it or am I just screwed ?Click to view attachmentClick to view attachment Well it looks like crap but better than painted over.

Anything that isn't sharp or metal. Try a dull plastic knife or some such ...

possibly tape and paint remover.
It might work to soften the paint if you do it quick...dont leave it on too long.
then, use a plastic scraper like Andy said.

rich

Dude that suck! That's why I rather pay a stranger a lot of bucks for a proper job. Anyway, sorry this happened o you, but I do understand trying to save some money. Hopefully you can remove it.

try goof off or graffiti remover. i have seen threads on the samba where guys remove the second paint jobs on vws. they will do the whole car to get down to the original paint.

Finger nails.

I've removed paint from old power tools that have been repainted by previous owners. I used a mild "Citristrip" paint remover and found that the new paint is a lot softer then the old paint and comes off much easier. It'll start to peel quickly while the original paint remains intact.

I might be tempted to grind off the rivets and remove the plate. Clean the area and have him touch the spot where it was. There must be and easy way to clean it once removed. The sooner the better

Don't use paint remover or solvents! The first thing that will come off is the black, and you'll be left with a bare aluminum plate with some numbers stamped on it!

I used Acetone on Q-tips & carefully eased & worked it off gently, to get off 4 over sprays. It works but takes time & patience, and you may need to touch up some of the black painted areas with matte black paint it you go too far.

I wouldn't use masking tape without first scoring the edge of the plate, since the acetone could wick up under the tape & onto the paint you don't want to remove.

Go slow & gently & acetone will work. Also leave a few minutes for the paint to bubble up after your first wetting. Keep the Q-tips relative dryish with acetone, as you do not want any running!

Great idea, but at the end, you may not have any nails anymore

Jokes aside. No matter what method you decide on, you must do it ASAP.

I would try plastic razor blades like these
http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Razor-Blades...k/dp/B0020WVBG8

Good luck

No offense, but who the hell would paint right over that?

Tape it off and wd40 and a soft brass dremm tool. Go slow and easy. Cut around it with a razor knife before starting

This was one of his more minor abortions that I had to deal with. He lost my front turn signal buckets, wiper arms, wiper arm hardware, side marker lights, hood crest, and installed the fog lights upside down, etc. He ended up hurting his back and in the hospital for a month...had to close his shop. I had to deal with his uncle..whos IQ is printed on the side of a shoe box. I was actually just happy I got the car back.

Again, that's why I don't hire friends

Those are not rivets holding the plate on, they are push pins with spiral grooves. Remove the speaker grill and they can be tapped out from the backside.

It won't look right unless the tag is ON TOP of the paint. You can touch up the area yourself since the paint is fresh. Also be careful what you scrape it with, that tag is somewhat fragile.

I didn't realize you could get to them behind. That would make it easy to save them. They are a metric size. You can get similar push rivets here but the size is a little different an may require opening the holes

Definitely would want to score around the plate all the way down through the primer, otherwise it's going to pull all the new paint and probably the old paint off the door jamb when the plate is taken off.

I have removed dried, overspray paint from chrome trim using only a bamboo cooking skewer. This may work for you if you first soften the paint somehow, maybe with carefully applied heat. If you use heat, be sure to protect the paint surrounding the plaque so it is not softened, too.

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Andy just went through this. You can reuse the pins. Click Here

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Where does one find a new paint code plate like that? I know the one on my Six was painted over long ago

As already suggested, carefully cut around the edge with a razor.
Remove the speaker and push the rivets out from behind.
Replacements are available from Stoddard.
When the tag is in your hand you might even be able to peel the paint off.
Poor prep is in your favor. After that a plastic razor or plastic putty knife sounds good. But do it on a flat surface.

It might be worth removing yours and trying to remove the paint and restore it. Maybe the paint has protected the screening underneath?

If the black screening is gone, maybe a print shop could make up a vinyl sticker. You could leave the positive lettering, lay the vinyl on the plate and then paint in the negative image. ...Just a thought.

got the NOS plate from a guy in Germany that had a lot of -6 stuff. The hard part was finding the correct stamps. Sadly the P/N is not readable on the sticker

Take it to a Porsche dealer and see it they can read the bar code

Wow. Hopefully he at least painted it the right color!

If I could get more from my Germany contact what would you be willing to pay for one stamped with your info? The one Stoddard and AA has is not correct for our cars and looks to be for 356 era cars

Wow did not know the pins were not rivets!

My plate is bare from this same situation and some one used solvents to remove the over spray. I would like to remove it and see if the black could be replaced or even a new plaque be used.

Any one know where to source a early style plaque? all the ones I have seen are not the same as the ones that came on the 914-6 models.

I am interested in getting the correct plate !

Andy,
that would be great. I would be willing to pay a reasonable price....this is my baby....had it from new and have many great memories.....I have tried to retore the thing to as close to original as possible with minor mods that I did back in its day......the paint on that plate really pisses me off. If you could get it count me in.

here is my baby.....he did a good job on the paint.....but the stupid stuff, like not taping the plate, is redicClick to view attachment She deserves a nice tag

The parts catalog lists a "badge for lacquers" p/n PCG 701 105 00 on the page with all the stickers. The Karmann plate is the only place that has the paint code so this is most likely it.

Karmann Numbers were not stamped into the -6

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I'm glad you said it Glenn. Never saw one stamped. Would have been a nice touch. I guess Karmann wasn't too proud of them.
BMW CSs are Karmann bodys too and whey rust equally well.
Almost as mysterious as no records of transmission numbers.
I must say it does look good when the blank space is filled.

well I got it off and hit it with acetone....this is what I got. Not pretty but better than painted. Would love a replacement...but oh well. Click to view attachment