The Raven Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Read the other topics on this, Did anyone ever find out the best way? With any luck i will be buying an aero tomorrow only thing is its covered in Castrol decals. Not my taste. Should the paint work tcut up under it so you cant see where the old stickers where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 If they are vinyl decals they should peel off with some heat from a hairdryer, usual rules apply, take it slow and careful If they've only been on a year or two you might be okay with the paint, but a light cut and polish should clean it up well enough. If they've been on a long time the paint could have faded unevenly in which case a machine polish may be needed. They are normally only be problematic if they are very old or glue has been used (Had a nightmare, well still have, with some of these on my car) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I found a hair dryer and some warm soapy water did the trick on mine, followed by an intense polishing...bloody prat dared to stick a corolla sticker to my rear bumper grrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam1 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 hair dryer definately helps and autoglym tar remover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Brettjones certainly had a problem with some circular stickers that were on his car. Peter Richards had trouble just getting the trouble down. Darn things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Mine broke my heart taking them off, it was a tedious tedious job! As above, a hairdryer and a lot of patience, take it easy when peeling and try to peel the vinyl back across itself rather than pulling it 'up' to get it off. Alternatively if you happen to have a mate with a body shop, the booth with the heat on will really make it a much easier job. As Liam said, some tar and glue remover afterwards should get rid of the residue, but it might take a couple of normal washes to get it all off. Is it the full castrol livery? White with castrol graphics can look awesome imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefred Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 My mate has a bodyshop, and after he has peeled them off he uses a buffer wheel thingy in an air drill, I have no idea what it is made of but it looks like a Caramac bar colour and it even smells like one, so either its made out of Caramac or Caramac bars have the same stuff as this wheel in them ? But, it takes off the glue and any remnants of sticker in seconds and leaves no residue at all and can just be polished straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 For vinyl, Warm water and a hair dryer. Roll them back, dont pull them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccorcoran Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hot soapy water and a hair dryer should pull off easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 this is what i use to remove grafix hair dryer/heat gun plastic scraper just to lift an edge lots of patience at this point glue /tar remover after they are off now depending on how long they have been on the paint underneath will have been protected from the elements so will appear slightly different to the rest so a good machine polish normally sorts it out finishing off with a good wax and sealent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Brettjones certainly had a problem with some circular stickers that were on his car. Peter Richards had trouble just getting the trouble down. Darn things. you been on the pop andy lol bretts had had a few on the rear bumper the one came off easy but the others that had been removed before were under the laquer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Peter, maybe I can pick your brain on a related topic... There are some very old stickers on the doors of my car which I'm having major problems removing. The Vinyl ones came off fine, but two are the type that are not meant for painted surfaces, They have a very hard outer layer and strong glue on the inner. The outer layer is cracked like a mosaic into chunks 1-2mm square and I cannot peel these off. Tried many methods suggested by folks on here without success, but have not tried a heat gun. Is the heat gun you mention the same sort of thing used for stripping gloss paint? I have one of those, but for obvious reasons didn't want to try it on the car without checking with someone first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Tried many methods suggested by folks on here without success. One wasn't autoglym intensive tar remover was it? Agree with all the suggestions above, also an old credit card to help you get started i.e. catching an edge. Remember doing this on my old 928, the tyre tread decal went right over the car and each black bit was a separate decal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 the type ive got darryl is a bosch , but it is very hot so dont tend to get to close to the paint , but what you could do is put a few layers of tape around the grafix so at least the heat wont go directly on the paint but will allow you to soften the hard grafix enough to raise an edge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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