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Removing glue from paintwork

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 11:16 am
by bananaskin
Took the side mouldings of my polo, and i knew i would be left with glue residue but it is taking AGES to take off with a small wooden spatula. What do you think would get it off easier?

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 11:36 am
by steveo
soak it with paint shop de greaser on a reg ..then scrap with palstic filler spreader ... or simular :thumbright:

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 12:31 pm
by Jeff
You want some GooGone! Trouble is, only seen it in the States! You want some panel wipe / de greaser. They have it in gallon tins down at BAS. Warm it up with a hair dryer first. Always comes in handy James.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 1:25 pm
by Anonymous
You can get a soft rubber wheel often called an eraser wheel or stripe off wheel that you put in your drill. Its hard enough to remove the adhesive but soft enough not to hurt the paint.

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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 1:53 pm
by bananaskin
Jeff wrote:You want some GooGone! Trouble is, only seen it in the States! You want some panel wipe / de greaser. They have it in gallon tins down at BAS. Warm it up with a hair dryer first. Always comes in handy James.

This Jeff :thumbright:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GooGone-UK-Sticky ... tsupported

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 1:54 pm
by bananaskin
Cheers Lads, will have a go with other stuff before purchasing any stuff :thumbright:

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 2:44 pm
by Jeff
THATS THE STUFF! Bananarama! me! It is only a quid in the states!

Do you want to borrow some panel wipe James?

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 2:51 pm
by bananaskin
I may do Jeff, thanks for the generous offer. My dad has idea we'll try this weekend, but failing that, that would be much appreciated :thumbright:

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 2:51 pm
by Pete
On a related subject, what's the best way of getting decals/side stripes off a car if you are going to paint it? DA???

I remember taking hours getting some dust trails off the Superbird...........

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 2:52 pm
by Jeff
NO!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 2:57 pm
by Pete
Do tell, maestro...

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 2:58 pm
by Jeff
Pete, you want some heat on it first.... This will soften the glue nicely. Then you want a nice decal / vinyl scraper, It have some here somewhere. It will come off a treat. Then remove any residue with the panel wipe.

3 reasons not to use a DA..

1 Too abrasive
2 Too messy
3 will spread small amount of old glue around the panel. That will kick you in the ass when you repaint!

I probably have all you need round here.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 3:11 pm
by Pete
Good info, thanks Jeff :thumbright:

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 09 11:24 pm
by Rich
Te key word here is "hairdryer" don't leave home without it...

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 09 8:56 am
by Anonymous
Or use this

http://www.apetape.co.uk/gbu0-prodshow/ ... mover.html

My Dad used to have a sign manufacturing company and used this exclusively. I've still got a can left. Used it recently to get sticky tape off a very expensive bath. No problems and as it's citrus based it smells nice too!!

Can't recommend it highly enough. No need for hair dryers or other heat. Just spray and wipe off so no scratches either. Easy.