Removing Vinyl Stripes

[Natural1]

Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

See post #9

I use Acrysol:

I worked in a body shop all through high school and learned a few things.

 

[DirtyDan]

I looked around a few places locally and couldn't find acrysol... I finally just tried gasoline, and it worked! Gasoline took it all off in less than an hour.

Gonna polish the car tomorrow and make it purdy.

 

[Boy]

if the residue is still sticky dirt is probably stuck on it , so i wont try to rub it off cause you might cause micro scratches.
go find an acrylic scraper, spray with WD-40 then scrape gently

 

[2mchtoy]

I use a product that you put on the end of an air drill. It is called an eraser wheel, It will not hurt your paint and the rubber wheel will just "burn" off the stripe. On metal it is very easy but on plastic be carefull as you can actually eat the plastic if you keep it in one spot for too long. Hope this will help you if the heat gun is too long for you. Just what our body shop uses. Tom

 

[ModifyMyStang.com]

Started pulling my stripes today
Hair dryer works..... just need time

 

[HOLYWD]

$20 heat gun at home deopt = )

 

[iDance]

Heat and time. Then goo gone for the residue.

I do it pretty much every day.

 

[HOLYWD]

where do you work ?

 

[iDance]

where do you work ?

I run a sign shop with my father.

 

[05yellowgt]

I use a product that you put on the end of an air drill. It is called an eraser wheel, It will not hurt your paint and the rubber wheel will just "burn" off the stripe. On metal it is very easy but on plastic be carefull as you can actually eat the plastic if you keep it in one spot for too long. Hope this will help you if the heat gun is too long for you. Just what our body shop uses. Tom

Is this what you are talking about? http://decalstickerremover.com/

 

[05yellowgt]

Has anyone had any problems with the paint aging differently where you can see where the sun hasn't faded the paint under the decals after you removed them? I have had my side stripes on for over 4 1/2 years and the car has sat outside and never been in a garage during the summer (or winter or that matter) till this past winter. I want to eventually paint the side stripes back on, but that's not in the cards for this year. My stripes are a bit worse for wear and I'd rather just take them off for now.

 

[JoshC]

Hmm. Dan's looked fine and looks nice now but 4 1/2 years is a while.

 

[ModifyMyStang.com]

My stripes were on the car since 06 just pulled them off last month. Blue strip on satin silver car... Can't tell at all where the stripes were

 

[HOLYWD]

just cleaned up the car alittle better last week and had a little adhesive residue left around windsheild cracks , on rear glass , and gt500 spoiler .
WD40 did the trick !!! haha
All I had and it worked !

 

[Shower]

I parked the car in the sun for about an hour and they peeled off very easily. It took about 15 minutes, I had no residue to remove

 

[punisher1982]

I am removing my (SS) stripes tomorrow ( Gotta love Friday's Off!).

 

[NastyStang113]

I parked the car in the sun for about an hour and they peeled off very easily. It took about 15 minutes, I had no residue to remove

This is one of the easiest methods. I'll let it sit out in the sun and than pull it into the garage so I don't die from heat exhaustion in lovely Florida weather than start destroying my finger tips by ripping them off. Usually the edges will leave a slight trace of adhesive so I usually go after it with 3M Adhesive Remover.

 

[iRoush]

Unless you have stripes like mine. Mine are actually cracking and when you try to peel them, they just flake into little pieces. I am looking at about a 2 day removal, if not more. One day, I'll get out there and do it. I might go buy an eraser wheel.

 

[Jeepngli]

For guys who have had the vinyls on for awhile, did the paint look anything different when you took them off? In sunlight, can you see any difference in the paint color from any type of fading on the non-vinyl parts?

 

[bad10GT]

I use plastic razor blades and a product called Vinyl-Off by Crystaltek ( runs about 10 bucks from the local sign supplier for a 8oz. bottle). It works awesome and really speeds up the removal process. Safe on properly cured paint and no scratches.

Iroush - If the stripes are cracking I would try the vinyl-off to make it a quick job. We just did a van removal of graphics that were put on about 10 years ago and they were cracked to hell. Took us about an hour to remove the graphics with the remover and a plastic razor blade.