On a pontoon boat - how do you remove paint from vinyl seats?

just purchased a pontoon boat and someone painted the seats. not all of them just the backs of a couple. not sure what kind of paint, but you can see the ';brush strokes';.On a pontoon boat - how do you remove paint from vinyl seats?
it sounds like the past owners painted the seats with a vinyl paint to hide the fading of the old seats, where the sun hit them the most...if you want to re-paint them to make them look a lil better, you want to strip them down with paint thinner...BUT DONT HAVE ANY HEAT SORCE NEAR THE BOAT. it will catch on fire! just get a rag and soak it with thinner and wipe the old paint off..you dont want the rag drippin wet with thinner..just wet enough to smear the old paint, and with another clean rag repete the process...might have to do this several times til all the paint is off, or until the brush marks are gone...then reply a new coat of vinyl paint with a tiny foam roller, the tiny foam roller should not leave any type of marks on the seat. but allow time for the thinner to dry before applying the vinyl paint. ';and before you wipe thinner on the vinyl seats...do a small test area first to see if the tinner will remove the old paint and brush marks first. and good luck.On a pontoon boat - how do you remove paint from vinyl seats?
fourwheelin60 gave a good response but...





If you can remove the seats from the boat to use the thinner it is recommended. That way you are certain there is no chance of combustible products being used around the vessel.





Always better safe than sorry...or much worse!
Get the seats out of the boat first before using thinners - in rescue the saying is - ';Better safe than singed';.
';IM ON A BOAT!!!';
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