Taking Off Stickarrhs

[Suspense]

I wanna take off the shopping list on the side of my car... wanting to know is there any special method? or just peel it off??

Also will my paint below look faded or different? anything a cut n polish wont fix??

PAint colour is white, and excellent condition... :S

[r31baboon]

if it was me and my car. i would just hit it with a scraper. and then re spray area. easyiest wway but more expensive.

but other than that patience will be the key.

just start to peel slowly and use something like tea trea oil on it as u go to soften the glue.

so peel a lil put some teatree oil and peel some more and keep going.

if that works no paint comes off, which it shouldnt unless u use a razor blade in parts. then yeah cut and polish no one would kow

[madbung]

Lotsa hot soapy water first...not boiling water that'll make the clear coat go milky, pour a few buckets full slowly over the stickers then peel off when they're still hot..They'll peel off really easily. It just warms and softens the glue basically. Dont forget...not boliing but pretty hot. If your car is white boiling water wouldnt matter because the clear coat going milky wont show.

[midnight]

heatgun. dont put it too close tho.

Edited November 2, 2005 by midnight

[someonestolecc]

if it was me and my car. i would just hit it with a scraper. and then re spray area. easyiest wway but more expensive.

but other than that patience will be the key.

just start to peel slowly and use something like tea trea oil on it as u go to soften the glue.

so peel a lil put some teatree oil and peel some more and keep going.

if that works no paint comes off, which it shouldnt unless u use a razor blade in parts. then yeah cut and polish no one would kow

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Scraper and then respray? The easiest way? Are you f**king kidding me?

Just use a credit card and patience. Then after you have the the main parts of the plastic off use a bit of metho or something and a 100% cotton cloth to rub. Elbow grease, more patience. Don't underestimate how much time and effort this takes but it's the best way.

A tip - get some duct tape and hold it. When you peel little bits of sticker off the car, stick it onto the duct tape .. much easier than fighting with each piece trying to get it off your hand.

Good luck.

[m&m]

Heat gun/hairdryer/hot water.Any of these are fine,done it 100 times.

[gts4diehard]

or you can use a hot air gun to remove sticker, get it hot enough so you can still touch sticker, peel from a corner gently.

use turps to remove glue residue left behind, or any gunk remover...

if you get the temp just right it will hardly leave any glue behind at all.

If someone has done a repaint on the job without letting the paint gas off long enough and then slapped a sticker on it there is the potential to pull the paint off, so if you think repaint has been done - be very careful.

paint around sticker will have faded for sure if sticker has been on for any length of time and not been cleaned regularly. If car has been well looked after, the fading or oxidation of paint will be less.

done this heaps of times too, used to work in vehicle sigange industry, put on plenty of business signage as well as removing it when vehicles were sold.