Best way to remove stickers from paint?
 

Hey All:

I've got a Mopar Stocker type vehicle I bought and it is unsurprisingly covered in contingency stickers. It appears that they have been on there a while.

I've tried a 3M eraser wheel, plastic blades, and a couple of other methods, but it is incredibly time consuming.

Does anyone have a shortcut?

Thanks,
Steve

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Heat gun and wax/grease remover will speed up the process.....

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3M adhesive remover

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X2.......BUT, it's still tedious work and different decals and their adhesives will react differently. You may have to vary the amount of heat applied with the rate of "peel". A single edge razor blade can help get it started, but they make plastic versions which will you won't have to be as cautious with.

What kind of car? Bracket or staying Stocker?

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* Use WD-40 , less wear on the Paint ... Works great ....

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^^ I totally agree.
I de-stickered my Stocker with WD-40 three years ago and the paint still looks great.

I also used a hair dryer to soften up the stickers and vinyl decals first. WD-40 to remove the glue.

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Yes a hair dryer works good too, just make sure you don't make the decal tooo hot !!!

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not only is WD40 great for removing decals ,it takes rubber off quarter panels better than anything else I've tried.

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X2

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A good way to keep them from sticking too good in the first place, is to stick them on your pants a couple of times. The sticker will pick up some lint from the pants, taking some of the "stick" out of it.
They generally can be removed without hassle.
"Pants 'em"!

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I decided to remove the decals from my car over the winter. Some of them have been on there for 10 years or more. I started with Goo Gone and was getting nowhere. I contacted the guy who does the vinyl lettering on our trucks, and he gave me the remainder of a gallon of Rapid Remover from rapidtac.com. He advised me to use it sparingly, and that you need to wait at least a minute for it to work after you apply it. There are also videos on the internet. This stuff works great. It still took close to 8 hours to do both sides of the car (I had a lot of decals on it). You need a plastic scraper, and you don't so much wipe the glue off as scrape it off. Afterwards, I decided that I needed a gallon for future uses. I looked it up on-line and found that it cost $50 to $60 per gallon. Now I know why Kevin said to use it sparingly!

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Man, the struggle is real...these have been on the car at least 15 years.

What I started with:
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k...psqhkdskf6.jpg

Where I'm at:
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k...psdqsjcikj.jpg

So like everything else, I figured out the best way to do it about 3/4 of the way through.

Get a plastic razor and a heat gun. Get the stickers *warm*. You want to make the vinyl flexible---don't melt the glue. Its way better to under apply the heat and try again than it is to get them too hot. Start the plastic razor in a corner, and when you can get a grip, pull the sticker by hand. When you do it right, the stickers pretty much peel right off and don't leave the glue behind.

For the excess glue I am going to try the WD40 suggested above.

Easiest to remove: Hoosier, Moser
Hardest: Cheetah Shifters (also the biggest), Coan converters

Thanks for all the help!

Steve

Ironically, these are supposed to be adverts for the parts companies. The companies that made the difficult stickers (cheap vinyl or really strong glue) are the ones that I now would give second thought about buying their products....haha