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Old Mar 28, 2005
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Talking Best way to safely remove Vinyl's???

I've done it in the past but i forgot which solution to buy... and which one won't fu.ck up paint, and will remove the goo in a quick matter of time... **** last time it took forever... how can i get it offf super fast this time??? thanks guys!!!
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First you get a really big knife and then stab it at a angle repeadetly until stuff chips off then grab the edge with a pair of pliars and pull vigorously...repeat if needed.....jk man good luck I do not know.
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goo gone?
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doesn't work the greatest^^^^

there are other products out there that another member had told me about in the past... c'mon find this thread whoever it was that told me!!! lol
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HOpe someone knows....I need to take some off too...And yeah goo gone doesnt do much
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Ummm the only way I have seen in a collision is hot air gun no solution. Then use regular buffing wax to get glue off safely.
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Eraser Wheel.
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eraser wheel?
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It's a rubber wheel that you put it on the end of a drill and it takes it clean off. Used mine plenty of times. Use it to take pinstriping off many cars and full graphics off another.
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try some meguiar's clear coat body scrub to remove stuff from paint without hurting clear coat.
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Here's what it looks like. You can go to an Auto Store and get one. Just ask for an Eraser Wheel. Mine was $12.00 i think. I got it a few years ago.
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a blow dryer and bug and tar remover ... never had to take off vinyl on my car tho ... never had any on the body ... but when i took off my lx emblem to put my hyprid emblem thats what i did
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^^Why would you do that? You want people to think your car is slower than it already is?
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I just took my vinyl off this past weekend...

I washed it with Hot water to get the salt off it and also because it helps with the glue on the vinyl.

Then I parked the car in the sun and used a plastic razor blade to start the vinyls off from the edges on the doors and so on. They peeled right off pretty easy.

Having said all this...my vinyls didn't leave anything on the paint at all. The good stuff won't.
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Use a jack hammer that will get anything off
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Originally Posted by Pharoh
I just took my vinyl off this past weekend...

I washed it with Hot water to get the salt off it and also because it helps with the glue on the vinyl.

Then I parked the car in the sun and used a plastic razor blade to start the vinyls off from the edges on the doors and so on. They peeled right off pretty easy.

Having said all this...my vinyls didn't leave anything on the paint at all. The good stuff won't.

Mine have been on the car for almost 3 years now... so yea they leave some pretty sticky nasty residue on there...
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also... the eraser wheel isn't gonna rub my clearcoat down to nothing???? it'll get the job done safely and fairly quick as well???
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Originally Posted by REDchirp
also... the eraser wheel isn't gonna rub my clearcoat down to nothing???? it'll get the job done safely and fairly quick as well???
Just make sure you use a low speed when you do it. It will take the Decal, Clearcoat, Paint and Primer off. I'v made that mistake before.
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