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What’s your process for taking the graphics off? Sorry if it’s been posted already
-Put two bearings in each wheel
-Mount to trucks, graphics facing in
-find curb or coping
-skate for an hour or two
-graphics will be gone (mostly)
Ha yeah that usually works.
I know some people use a razor blade and scrape them off too, which is usually not too painful, but gets the paint off fairly well.
The two other options I usually go with are as follows:
1. The natural / nothing else needed way - graphics out and on medium grade concrete hold the board on an angle so the wheels are all that is on the ground and move the board back left and right but pull towards you a bit, which drags the face of the wheels in such a way that it takes the graphic straight off - best on Classic and Classic Full wheels more than anything that has the graphic sitting inside the line, such as Conical Full or OG Classics.
2. The angle grinder - graphics out, wheels on board and just run the grinder lightly on the surface of the wheel, which will take as much of the graphic straight off with minimal fuss, but can also wear in bearings nicely too, or really get the lube right in old bearings well if you have just cleaned them.
This post, last couple of pics from angle grinding - should be able to view on here even with out an instagram account: