In a message dated 08/04/2005 12:06:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: The vinyl on my cabinet over the lower bunk has peeled off and I am = trying to remove the glue. I used my heat gun to remove the little = pieces of vinyl that were left, that worked great. I tried to use the = heat gun to get the glue off but no luck. I tested to see if it was = water soluble and it seems to be as I can scrape some off once it = softens a bit, but that would be a long job. Has anyone tried wall paper = remover to get the old glue off once the vinyl is gone? Or does anyone = have other suggestions? I would like to get it clean and then I will put = some new adhesive and vinyl to restore it to original. Pascal, the best way to approach this problem is to leave the glue in place. Do not attempt to remove it. Paint the surface rather than trying to glue new vinyl in place. Take a piece of the old vinyl to your Home Hardware or Home Depot and have them make up paint to match. Use a roller not a brush to apply. The resulting finish will resemble the original so much no one will ever know. The texture of the glue reproduces the same texture in the paint as the original vinyl. I've done this many times on different vans and it works great.
Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005 '87 Westy, '90 Carat & Lionel Trains Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_ (http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/) & _CCVWC_ (http://www.ccvwc.ca/) Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) or http://frankcondelli.com |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.