Re: Glue removal

[Curt Cleavinger <curt_cleavinger@domain.elided>]

Thanks Yank.

I was the one who asked, and I got lots of good suggestions. I finally
got
(almost) all of the glue off, and I think my main problem was with my 
technique, not with the products I was using. As you mentioned, you need
to let the stuff soak in for a while. I had tried that before, but the 
liquid would just run off. What I finally did was to place toilet paper
on top of the glue, and soak it with the solvent (I found that a stuff
called Goof Off removed the glue well without removing the paint). The
TP would stick to the metal and hold the solvent up against the glue. 
After about 15 minutes, I'd remove the TP and use a plastic scraper to
remove the glue. It still takes a while, but this method softened up 
the glue much more than anything else I tried.

Yank Yarborough wrote:
> Glue removal:
> Recently there was a post requesting information about decal glue removal.
> When I stripped the decals off my Scout, I used a heat gun to get the paper
> off. Then, I used a 3M product to remove the glue. Now, the operation was
> not a simple spray on and wipe off as I hoped. Instead I had to spray the
> product on, let it sit a couple of seconds until it got gooey (sp?), and
> then scrape it off with a razor blade. Just be careful not to gouge the
> paint with the blade or you get rewarded with more body work! Seems like it
> took about 2 hours a side.

later,         curt_cleavinger@domain.elided  Louisville, CO
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