To wet sand or not.

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I’ve been really wanting to wet sand the C10. The truck has an old paint job and the clear coat is hideous. I did a small spot tonight on the fender and it shined up really nice, plus made the clear look way better. The only catch is that the former owner had pinstripes put on by Art Himsl back in the 90s and its on top of the clear coat. I tried a small spot to see what would happen and it came off super easy with the 3000. Obviously I would love to just repaint the truck and get the pinstripe redone, but with two small kids and limited funds, that’s not really an option right now.

Should go for the wet sand and sacrifice the pinstripe?

Any ideas that might allow to keep the pinstripe?