Vinyl Graphic Removal
 

Any of you guys out there have a method of removing vinyl graphics from the side of a race car without messing up the paint job?

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use a heat gun, pull slowly, if your lucky the glue will come off with it. if not use something like oops, degreaser, 3M adhishive remover, or thinners, just be carefull if ya use the thinners. not too hard, i always get the woman to take 'em off, she has good nails....

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At Home Depot they have some stuff called goo be gone that works ok. Biggest problem is getting it to stay on the side of the car to soak in. I use a rag soaked in the stuff and hold it on for awhile first.

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Acrysol works really good for removing the glue after the decals are peeled off and won't harm the paint.. You can get it in a aerosol spray or in a quart can. It's availabale at most paint and body supply stores.

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njk

My name is Lee... The Doughboy I manage a auto body shop for over 20 years
The best way is to use a hair dryer to warm up the decals if you get them too hot the decal will seperate from the glue and leave all the glue on the car.Peel the corner back to the center
If any glue is left over use 3m adhesive remover and a plastic razor blade. You can get them at Lowes or Home cheapo.... You have to be careful with thinner it will soften the paint and will damage it.
If you have any question you can contact me on here

Lee

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Like Lee said,......I use a hair dryer to get decals and lettering off also, go nice and slow.

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Snap-On makes an air tool called the Crud Thug - It has a round wheel (replaceable) on it that is the consistency of an eraser. I have cleaned off decals, stripes etc. from my race car, trailer, truck etc. It works great for me.

Chuck

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For the residual glue......WD - 40.......So easy you will wonder why??

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P.S.......also removes baked on shoe polish from lexan windows with one or two swipes...

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"Easy Off" oven cleaner!

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Won't Easy off penetrate the paint?

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Astro or Chicago Pneumatic makes a die grinder with eraser wheel attachment. Just like the crud thug from Snap-On, just alot cheaper. Can get from any auto paint supplier.

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I know it sounds scary..... I figured this trick would raise the naysayers!

Works fantastic. Old trick from way back. Use caution and try a spot of paint on rear quarter lip first.

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A good friend of mine is a vinyl lettering guy. He is the master of taking off stickers and not taking off paint.

His weapon of choice is a plastic razorblade, i believe you can buy that at auto body supply shops. It's a really thin plastic scrapper basically.

Use your heat gun, or hair dryer and get the sticker really warm, so the glue is loosened up and use the plaist blade to scrape it off.

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3-M or Astro make the rubber wheels. Kinda like a eraser on a die grinder. Works great on all paint except old Lacquer. Its a little scary at first but it doesn't harm the paint at all. Quick and painless.


But try the heat gun first, its cheaper.



bob

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3m makes a spary for sticker removel works great we use alot of it at the body shop