18ft. voyager pontoon side decal removal ?

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18ft. voyager pontoon side decal removal ?

#1 Post by casca92 » Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:03 pm

greetings
need some tips on removing decals or large stripes off the side of a 98 voyager pontoon. Also could use source for different or any replacement designs
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Re: 18ft. voyager pontoon side decal removal ?

#2 Post by BobL » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:53 am

I have not done it on a pontoon but on other items and had a fair amount of luck using a heat gun then followed up with goo-off. Start at the end of the decal and start heating it up as it start to peel off, keep heating the section that is still stuck and keep pulling easily. You can probably use a hair dryer but I picked up a cheap heat gun from Harbor Freight.

I will warn you that if the toon is more than a couple of years old, you may have to do some wet sanding, polishing, and waxing after you are done unless you are going back over the exact same area with another decal. The weathering and fading will be noticeable.
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Re: 18ft. voyager pontoon side decal removal ?

#3 Post by HandymanHerb » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:58 am

I used the heat gun on ours
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Re: 18ft. voyager pontoon side decal removal ?

#4 Post by bansil » Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:47 am

I used a DA Sander, there was no way them antique graphics where coming off

tried to scrape them with razor knife, acetone and other stuff :?

said piss on it, grabbed a beer and da sander :drink

roughed it up enough to roll on rustoleum paint :lol3

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Re: 18ft. voyager pontoon side decal removal ?

#5 Post by casca92 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:27 pm

this is what I am looking for.
guess my plan will be remove and paint over.
so recommendations on paint do I really need to spend extra for marine paint ? is rolling better than spray can ?
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Re: 18ft. voyager pontoon side decal removal ?

#6 Post by bansil » Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:28 am

Spray paint takes a lot of paint and if wind is blowing it is a pita and over spray will get everywhere.

I will take pictures of my crappy job today and post them, check out youtube videos of rolling oon rustoleum paint it is amazing, i didnt go that crazy though.

I didnt wet sand or add hardener
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