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I did mine last year and although a little labor intensive it came out good. I took a good look at the deterioration and decided to remove some of the decals and paint over others that had little deterioration. I began the removal with a hair dryer but quickly went to a heat gun. I used a plastic drywall tool to remove the decals after applying heat. Be cautious to keep the tool away from the direct heat as it will melt. After the decals were removed I tried several things to remove the adhesive and found that MEK (available at Lowes) worked best. I then sanded the area of the removed decals and the decals that I did not remove with 320 wet dry sand paper. I taped the outline to the decals first and went back over them with a light sanding with 600 paper. applied two coats of base paint, same color, and followed up with 3 coats of clear. The area with the decals removed was the same process. There were several areas where the decals were over lapping so I did a very light sanding by hand to reduced the paint line left by the first painting of the decals. I used a urethane base paint for the color and a two part urethane clear coat. I do business with "Automotive touch up paint", google this. They are very accommodating and helpful over the phone when looking for colors. Their pricing is also good vs automotive paint stores. I am going to try to post a few pictures when I get my granddaughter over to help post them. Good luck. Richard
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