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How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:22 pm
by D.L.
My registration numbers are probably 10 yrs old and there the full rectangle stickers from wal mart or such. I tried getting them off with goof off, hair drier, plastic putty knife. It all results in the paint coming off the fencing.
Help!!!
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:28 pm
by OK Toon
Get some Goo Gone -- it will work. I tried some Goof Off and ran into the same issue you did -- it started removing some of the paint from the fence. The Goo Gone will take a little more rubbing and elbow grease, but it will eventually cut through all of the glue (if you already have the layer of stickers removed). I also used a hair dryer to heat up the stickers to make them a little easier to come off (but it left the glue behind).
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:54 pm
by HandymanHerb
If that doesn't work 3M makes a decal remover, we used them all the time, you can remove a decal required to have for that race without damaging the paint at all.
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:14 pm
by fredeboy
WD-40 is a excellent adhesive remover. Was recommended by 3-M a few years ago on a special project I was working on. Worked like a champ when nothing else had.
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:39 pm
by STEVEBRENDA
WD-40 does work.
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:40 pm
by WILD MAN
Believe it or not I've had good luck using Coca-Cola and cigarette ashes.
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:11 pm
by badmoonrising
When I replaced the pin striping on my PC last year, a heat gun (a hair dryer on steroids) did the job quickly. Simple Green removed any remaining glue.
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:58 pm
by D.L.
The problem Im running into is getting the sticker it self off
the residue after its off comes off with goo gone. Its dryrotted almost so it flakes in little pieces
Just hoping theres a better way! I worked on it Sunday for 30 min, and got a 1/3 of one sticker off and scratched the paint 5 times. So with 8 on each side well
.... it should only take 24 hrs!
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:05 pm
by Woody
The 3m eraser wheel that Herb mentioned will make short work of any sticker,stripe,or decal, usually with no damage to the paint.
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:28 pm
by dockholiday
wd 40........mineral spirits........might try one of those plastic putty knifes and use a hair dryer. If the backside ( I guess we are talking fence) is accessable might heat that also. Meguiars paint cleaner does a good clean up job
doc
Re: How to remove old stickers?
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:29 am
by LocoCoco
I use Varsol. Doesn't hurt modern paint (though I wash it off quickly cause I'm chicken) and makes Goo Gone look like a Shirley Temple.
LC.