Decal removal

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Hi All

I am trying to get a decal of a bike fairing. I normally heat up the decal and it peels away cleanly….but no, not this time. This time it has left a sticky film in the shape of the decal which I cannot remove with heat and a plastic scraper and its huge!

Is there any magical solution out there? Is there an old school trick I don’t know of?

Thanks in advance.

Monki

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When I de-stickered mine it left the adhesive, so I used a soft cloth soaked in white spirit. Once I'd got all the goo off, I washed it down with some warm water with a drop of washing-up liquid in it, then finished off by applying a new coat of polish. Looks fine.
Just test the white spirit on an out of sight area first, just in case it marks it. It depends if it's coloured plastic, or painted.
Good luck.
Matt.

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try some good old petrol mate,works wonders with most cleaning jobs,i've got some clear liquid that i got from a car valeter a couple of yrs ago,never did find out what its called & i've lost touch with the bloke,pity cos its amazing stuff & i've only got a wee drop left,this stuff would take the colour out of a darkie!!

[gold8368]

metholated spirit should do the trick matey

[kentsclan]

i got some stuff called sticky stuff remover
just put it on cloth run in leave for 5 mins and wipe it off

think i got it from a hardware store do it all or b&q summit like that

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Look for anything with 1:1:1 tri-chlor-ethylene in it. It's supposed to be banned but you can still get it as a specialist surface preparation.
It was used for dry-cleaning (and an anasthetic ) Best de-greaser made, and clears up old sticker glue in a jiffy (is that a real word ?)

[fernie]

+1 on using trichloroethylene,it used to be available from
plumbing stores as a cleaner for soil pipes prior to glueing

If it doesn't do the job sit in a small room with windows &
doors shut,open tin and breathe.....now get down off the ceiling
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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May 31, 2008 17:38:45 GMT @fernie said:

+1 on using trichloroethylene,it used to be available from
plumbing stores as a cleaner for soil pipes prior to glueing

If it doesn't do the job sit in a small room with windows &
doors shut,open tin and breathe.....now get down off the ceiling
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Oh yeah, forgot to mention well ventilated area, means in the middle of a big field with this stuff

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I can remember the days when the engineers in the plating department would hapily stand over dip tanks of hot trich'!
They're probably all dead now

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try nail varnish remover

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I use "Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover".
Follow the instructions properly and it gets off old tar, new tar, glue, chain lube, flies....pretty much anything!!!!!!