Originally Posted by mswantak
Seriously, that's good advice for waterslide decals, but if they're older vinyls the edges have likely started curling up and the glue underneath accumulating grime. About all you can do with those is trim the curled edges off with a razor knife.
Well then, I can see where the OP would want to strip the decals off then, but that's still no excuse to strip the paint, which can be easily shined up with Meguiars Scratch-X. Repop decals could then be applied if the OP wishes.
No sense in repainting a frame that shouldn't be repainted.
-Kurt