i swear by goo be gone followed up by a nice wash and wax. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:18, Aimee MacLeod <emeraldcityrealty@gmail.com> wrote: > To remove decals a good method us to heat it up with a heat gun or > hair dryer. Any remaining adhesive ( if any) can be removed with > adhesive remover. There are citrus natural earth friendly kinds thy > work great and smell great or goo be gone would work too. But often > after heating the decal as you go it just peels right off magically. I > usedto work doing vehicle graphics and this is how we worked on decal > removal. > > Aimee in Olympia > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 18, 2010, at 4:55 AM, Raymond Paquette > <raymondpaquette@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Anybody have ideas about how to remove the reflective stripe that goes >> around the vanagon (or at least around mine)? I want to paint, so it >> has >> to go. On mine, and on the one in the picture, it is the grey stripe >> just below the windows, right through the door handles. >> >> http://www.vanagon.com/static/img/old/media/syncro/img/syncro_brochure_1.jpg >> >> I'm hoping there's a better way than sandblasting or scraping, as I >> hadn't intended on going to bare metal on most of it. >> >> Raymond > |
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