Removing spray paint?

[Upshotknothole]

I was poking around at my slingshot 7/11 this evening, it had been stolen before covid and recovered during covid and sat outside for way too long. I’d noticed some paint like drips on the left side of the engine and I finally tried seeing if they’d come off. Looks like they spray painted parts of the engine, exhaust, and oil lines, I guess they weren’t a fan of the factory grey. Any ideas on what might remove spray paint without stripping the original paint? Or should I just plan on stripping everything down to bare metal and giving the engine a refresh at the same time? I’ve got another 7/11 to finish first, so I’m not in any rush to get this one back on the road. 
 

 

[Upshotknothole]

The really shitty thing is that they only painted the left side of the engine. 

[Joseph]

Well it looks like fuel spilling that made the spray paint run so maybe just try with that ? It would not affect the original finish either.

[rodneya]

I bought a movie prop SRAD to use as parts. It was cut in half and had been painted really badly with rattle cans. I managed to get just the spraypaint off stuff with thinners or acetone on a rag. the factory paint is a lot harder to remove.

[Dezza]

What he said If it's been sprayed with VHT and not cured properly, not been prepared well before painting etc. (likely) it may just wash off when it comes into contact with petrol.

[Dezza]

3 minutes ago, rodneya said:

I bought a movie prop SRAD to use as parts. It was cut in half and had been painted really badly with rattle cans. I managed to get just the spraypaint off stuff with thinners or acetone on a rag. the factory paint is a lot harder to remove.

Any pics? The mind boggles. Was it cut longitudally or laterally?

[Upshotknothole]

Thanks, I'll try with fuel first.

[rodneya]

10 hours ago, Dezza said:

Any pics? The mind boggles. Was it cut longitudally or laterally?

It was sawzolled just behind the motor. Meant to look like a badly crashed bike. They even cut the back of the tank. I cleaned up to motor and sold it. Had a bunch of gouges out of the back of the cases and a cut into the clutch cover.

[Upshotknothole]

That poor bike, but I imagine srads were cheap at the time.