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Title: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: azguzzirep on July 23, 2017, 07:59:30 AM

My wife put one of the Guzzi stickers that go on H-B bags onto our car.
(http://thumb.ibb.co/dJEWKk/20170723_123522.jpg) (http://ibb.co/dJEWKk)

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I want to take it off to trade in the car, but am afraid it will pull the paint off with it. Ya think heating it with a heat gun first would get it off and save the paint?

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: slowmover on July 23, 2017, 09:03:24 AM

Hair dryer until soft then use the edge of a credit card to slowly peel off-Sometimes WD40 helps to loosen the glue.

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: Bud on July 23, 2017, 05:55:17 PM

A dealers detailing people should know how to get that off. Better to trade as it is than take a chance on screwing up the paint.

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: rss29 on July 23, 2017, 06:00:52 PM

I have never seen a decal ruin paint and have peeled a ton of them off all sorts of vehicles. Soften with a little heat or leave it in the sun then peel it off. Clean up any residue with oil of your choice- Goo Gone, WD-40, etc.

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: Sheepdog on July 23, 2017, 06:08:12 PM

Heat it up with a hair dryer or heat gun and separate it from the surface with dental floss. Clean up the residue as described above...

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: Groover on July 24, 2017, 08:23:45 AM

I've also used the dental floss trick. To remove the glue, I've used "Skin so Soft" - an Avon product my sister gave me years ago and I use it to remove glue. Works, great, and guess what... it makes your skins soft  :grin:

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: kirb on July 24, 2017, 08:58:16 AM

I've used a personal steamer to soften the glue without risk of overheating paint. Goo Gone works great for getting the remaining glue off.

http://stelviontx.blogspot.com/2013/04/sticker-removal.html

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: Matt Story on July 24, 2017, 10:23:53 AM

Household stream cleaner such as a Scunci and a plastic squeegee.  From experience it works quickly and to thoroughly on window tinting and commercial sign graphics.
Heats the sticker to soften it and melts adhesives.

Title: Re: removing sticker from painted area
Post by: cruzziguzzi on July 24, 2017, 04:35:46 PM

Hey, lookee here, I know this is velcro but believe me - it'll work for decal and plaque adhesive as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSK3maq8Cyk

Todd.