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Apr 20, 2009 13:37:16 GMT
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So I removed the rubbing strips on the Datsun about 2 years ago.. but I've never fully got rid of the gank they leave behind... What should I be using to do this.
Also, vaugely related, I got a pair of Bontager wheels for my road bike, but I want to remove the stickers on them, they seem to be pretty well glued on their, any ideas of the best way to get them off without marking the lovely wheel?
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Apr 20, 2009 13:43:35 GMT
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A heat gun used gently will remove stickers, they sort of wrinkle up and fall off. I got a 15 year old GB sticker off the back of my old Golf without making a mark this way after I got curse word off picking at it with my fingernails and it coming off in 1mm square pieces.
Acetone is for good for shifting sticky gunk but, depending on the paint finish, it might remove the paint too so try an inconspicuous area.
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orangecords
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Apr 20, 2009 14:03:19 GMT
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nail polish remover works as well as anything ive found
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I then wanted to start cleaning the interior as it stinks of wood (the material not the smell of a boner) best quote ever! |
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Apr 20, 2009 14:19:09 GMT
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I've found WD40 works too. It depends on what the sticky stuff is made up of though. I've got a can of "sticky remover" too. God knows what's in it, it doesn't smell lethal or anything. Dunno if it's available off the shelf, it's amongst the cans and tins that just mysteriously appear in the garage.
My advice would be try out stuff that's not too harsh, then get progressively more hardcore if the stuff doesn't shift. ;D
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Apr 20, 2009 14:23:00 GMT
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Yeah a heat gun's about the best thing for getting the stickers off and in most (but not all) cases, they come off pretty cleanly with very little residue left. Panel wipe will get rid of any small amounts of glue etc but I fear the gooey remnants you've got left from the rubbing strips will be a little tougher. The best bet there will be to pop down to your nearest/freindliest vehicle graphics or vinyl company and ask if you can buy or borrow some of their 'profesional' glue remover. It's fantasic stuff and saves you getting large bobbles of glue on your hands/clothes/rest of vehicle/everywhere*
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Apr 20, 2009 15:19:31 GMT
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Gluey goo also comes off really well with lighter fluid (same as petrol, but more refined and easier to apply)
Hard baked stickers will be better with heat gun as mentioned, or even a hair dryer if you don't have a hot air gun (but takes longer, GF won't like you using it)
If it leaves hard glue (not gooey stuff) then I usually give it a dose of T-cut or even rubbing compound depending on how bad it is?
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Apr 20, 2009 15:28:02 GMT
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I've always found a heat gun and white spirit on any reisdue works quite well
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Apr 20, 2009 16:07:23 GMT
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hairdryer to softwen the glue, WD40 to remove the goo.
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Apr 20, 2009 16:21:24 GMT
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Apr 20, 2009 16:23:13 GMT
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My mum used to get a product called funnily enough "Sticky Stuff Remover", it worked really well and smelt of lemons! No idea where she got it from though...
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Apr 20, 2009 16:39:00 GMT
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My mum used to get a product called funnily enough "Sticky Stuff Remover", it worked really well and smelt of lemons! No idea where she got it from though... Yep, another vote for Sticky Stuff Remover, cracking stuff. I got mine from the hardware store in the Guildhall in Bath, should be able to find it in most hardware stores I'd guess. |
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Apr 20, 2009 16:44:39 GMT
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Sticky Stuff Remover,or petrol will do the trick
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Apr 20, 2009 16:48:35 GMT
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I use petrol
Works a treat. OR some overproof alcohol (navy rum or similar)
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Apr 20, 2009 17:03:53 GMT
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Sticky Stuff remover is a Betterware product, I know as I was an agent for a short time a few years back.
Good stuff.
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Apr 20, 2009 17:09:05 GMT
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I use petrol Works a treat. OR some overproof alcohol (navy rum or similar) That is a shocking thing to do with overproof liquor!   Used a number of things (carefully, with happy outcomes) A tiny bit of thinners, followed by a mop up. (You'd never know) Blakes marine degreaser (again, carefully and then same as above after) Toffee wheel - but again, if you aren't careful you can remove paint with that too. I've always used a hairdrier to begin with, it's gentler than a heatgun (so you need more patience  ;D) and you can get the adhesive to a temperature that it can be pulled off too. |
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Apr 20, 2009 18:16:00 GMT
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Apr 20, 2009 18:29:38 GMT
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I used autoglym intensive tar remover on the polo after I'd removed the side strips .
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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Apr 20, 2009 18:46:29 GMT
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Toffee wheel these are the nuts, been using them for years and they so quick and easy to use. |
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Apr 20, 2009 22:18:05 GMT
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Apr 20, 2009 22:23:06 GMT
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lynx or any other deodorant, the alcohol melts the glue, spray it on close, rub it in a little and you just wipe it off.
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;D) and you can get the adhesive to a temperature that it can be pulled off too.
