Body graphic

[mikemess]

How can I remove a graphic from the side panel of car?

[Richard Grasa]

A sticker or a painted on graphic?

[mikemess]

Sticker grapic from the factory.

[Street5927]

Heat it with a hair dryer and then peel it off. Once it is off, use some goo gone and a MF towel to remove residue. I had some vinyl letters to remove fom a clients truck and after removing the letters, I had to use goo gone and a plastic razor blade to remove the remaining residue. Of course, this left some micro scratches, which needed to be polished out, but it came out flawlessly.

[justin30513]

3M makes a rubber wheel made for sticker removal.......

3M (http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Marine/Home/Products/Catalog/?PC_7_RJH9U5230GE3E02LECIE20S4K7000000_nid=BZVN4V5 PK4beRJ5GMFSMV0gl)

[Jarreds]

Heat them up with a heat gun and then use an adhesive remover to get rid of the residue thats left. The rubber wheels work great but they make a big mess its usually faster with the heat gun.

[Lotuseffect]

Justin,



Have you used that wheel for decal removal with good results? I have used it for pin stripe removal, which as I type this I am realizing its very similar, but I have never tried it for this application. I usually heat the sticker up with a hair dryer, slowly peel back with a plastic razor blade to start and then I use 3m general purpose adhesive remover.

[justin30513]

Justin,



Have you used that wheel for decal removal with good results? I have used it for pin stripe removal, which as I type this I am realizing its very similar, but I have never tried it for this application. I usually heat the sticker up with a hair dryer, slowly peel back with a plastic razor blade to start and then I use 3m general purpose adhesive remover.



I`ve used it for small graphics and it works awesome.

I watched the guy that did my graphics use it on a 10ft. box truck. It had tons of graphics. He was done in an hour. Stuff flew off. I came behind him and used Tarminator to clean up the residue.

He said that he use to use a heat gun and plastic blade. Would have taken him 2, 8 hour days before. He charges the same price still though.