Removing Rims Sticker?

[lcy]

hey ppl!

merry christmas and a happy new year to all!!!

i am planning to powder coat my set of rims. and the powder coater says i need to remove the sticker myself.

do u know how to get them out without damaging them??

if anything goes wrong i might need a new sticker - can i get this anywhere?

its a work emotion rim n as usual they have the sticker on the spoke and on the inner rim (offset and size etc)

could any one guide me....

thanks!

[adam-__-]

Only thing I can think of doing to help not damage the sticker is to use some sort of heat gun or hair dryer to 'melt' the glue behind it. Then slowly peal it off. I'm assuming that if the sticker is old, it'll crack and fall into pieces which you can't really do anything about it.

Edit: Merry Christmas and have a happy new year to you too!

Edited December 20, 2007 by adam-__-

[frogman]

Hmm... nope, not likely you'll be able to get a sticker off & save it.

Probably better to take a rim down to your local sticker guy & get him to make some up for you before you peel them off.

Take some pics of the wheels as they are now too, just in case you want to sell them in the future, you can show they are genuine Work & not just no name wheels with stickers that look the same.

You'll pretty much have to live without the size/offset sticker on the inside (unless you're keen enough to get them made too), just take a photo or write all the info down for future referance.

Wax & Grease Remover (from most auto shops) on a rag will do the trick, fairly wet, & let it sit on the sticker for a minute to soften it up... might need a little scrape with a razor blade too (definatley not 'save-able' this way) .

[NRV155]

Cant you just cover it during powdercoat then remove the cover afterwards?

[frogman]

Cant you just cover it during powdercoat then remove the cover afterwards?

Nope, powdercoating requires the item to be baked at 250 degrees (or 300 or something, its pretty hot anyway).

The wheels (or whatever) get chemically cleaned then spayed with a powdered pigment, (actually looks like a bag full of coloured powder, sprayed through a special electrostatic gun which makes it wrap around into all the little edges & corners)

then put into an oven to bake. This 'melts' the powder together to form the end coating.

Try to find a good recommended powdercoater that does wheels too. Some of the fence/steel powdercoat guys are be pretty rough.

[lcy]

thanks guys!

tats wast the guy said... cant leave it on n remove it later. need to be soaked in chemicals n baked.... so basically = dead stickers.

the rims are brand new never been used b4.... couldnt find one in black so gotta powder coat it... i will tryi to slowly peel it off with a hair dryer first, see if tat could work.... if not too bad....

[HotPlates]

If you know someone who has a high pressure steam cleaner household appliance then that will get them off intact. They are handheld units which you can buy from Kmart or Target.