Removing Defender stickers - experiences?

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Dave Gibbs

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• Apr 14, 2006

• #1

Hi all, I am considering removing the faded Defender stickers from my
white 90, you know the ones diagonally across the door and along the
sides. I have some nice Camel Trophy stickers to go in their place.
The original Defender stickers are very faded and look a bit of a mess.
I have picked a bit with my fingernails and it seems to disintegrate
so getting it off could be a challenge. I am wondering if there are any
good suggestions for ways to remove it, and also whether I am likely to
have any problems with the paint either lifting, or not matching the sun
attacked original paint.

Cheers for any help,

Dave.

 

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John Stokes

Guest

• Apr 14, 2006

• #2

Hi Dave,
Use a hairdryer, which will soften the adhesive, peel them
off and thne use white spirit or meths to remove the residue.
Cheers, John

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Apr 14, 2006

• #3

John Stokes wrote:

|| Hi Dave,
|| Use a hairdryer, which will soften the adhesive, peel
|| them off and thne use white spirit or meths to remove the residue.
|| Cheers, John

Hairdryer, then plastic scraper if they're stubborn - I use a scraper
intended for removing softened varnish from wood, but a cfredit card would
probably do as well. Remove the remainder as above, then a light T-Cut of
the whole panel if there's a colour difference due to UV fading.

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SpamTrapSeeSig

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• Apr 14, 2006

• #4

In article <[email protected]>, John Stokes
<[email protected]> writes
>Hi Dave,
> Use a hairdryer, which will soften the adhesive, peel them
>off and thne use white spirit or meths to remove the residue.

Suggest a slight variation: use WD40 or "Orange Glo" on the residue,
then white spirit or meths to remove the WD40...

It's a bit quicker.


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Richard Brookman

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• Apr 15, 2006

• #5

SpamTrapSeeSig wrote:

|| Suggest a slight variation: use WD40 or "Orange Glo" on the residue,
|| then white spirit or meths to remove the WD40...

Ah, but how do you remove the white spirit and meths?

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Austin Shackles

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• Apr 15, 2006

• #6

On or around Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:53:00 +0100, Dave Gibbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Hi all, I am considering removing the faded Defender stickers from my
>white 90, you know the ones diagonally across the door and along the
>sides. I have some nice Camel Trophy stickers to go in their place.
>The original Defender stickers are very faded and look a bit of a mess.
> I have picked a bit with my fingernails and it seems to disintegrate
>so getting it off could be a challenge. I am wondering if there are any
>good suggestions for ways to remove it, and also whether I am likely to
>have any problems with the paint either lifting, or not matching the sun
>attacked original paint.

Make 'em warm. On a dark coloured truck, parking it in full sunlight on a
hot day works. I guess a hair dryer might be enough... Get it right and
they peel off.

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Nigel Hewitt

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• Apr 15, 2006

• #7

Richard Brookman wrote:
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> Ah, but how do you remove the white spirit and meths?

methadone

HTH
nigelh