Sitcky mess!

[stringbag]

I peeled off a main dealer's advertising sticker from my rear screen and it has left me with a rectangular sticky mess where the sticker used to be!
I have tried renovo plastic screen polish and Autoglym glass cleaner with no luck - just smeered it.
Does anyone have a clue how to get it off without damaging the plastic? (I am afriad to try meths in case it melts it or turns it opaque)
Ta
Karl

[Big Al.]

You could try PETROL! most glues these days are petroleum based.

All the usual disclaimers apply! OH

[Martin_S]

Big Al. said:

most glues these days are petroleum based.

Unfortunately, so are most plastics, including the ones used for rear screens!

I'd be very careful before tyring any alcohol or petroleum based solvent - I tried petrol once on a rigid plastic (polycarbonate) aeroscreen on one of my other cars and it turned cloudy very quickly.

[blaineuk]

try turps/ white spirit

[tvrinbfg]

Buy some glue remover from a DIY/Hardware store; or pop into your local TVR dealer or car valetter as they'll have some.

[gingerprince]

can't say whether it'll affect the rear screen or not but when I used to have an FTO I removed the rear stickers with WD40 quite effectively!

[mikeb]

'Stickystuff remover' from B&Q I think is made of Orange juice or summut. It does say no Solvents involved on the bottle and works well.

Petrol will probably wreck your screen bigtime.

MikeB

[UncleDave]

Yep, you need White Spirit or something similar, or if there is any Nail Varnish Remover in the house?

Will fetch it off easily!

I use it to remove old remnants of vinyls, so so easy!

Dave.

[petros]

Alternative is to get another sticker and cover the mess. At least that wont hurt your screen.

[stringbag]

Thanks for the info. I can borrow some of my wife's nail varnish remover (I think!). Are you sure that it won't knacker my screen?
Not going to use petrol - splashed some on the screen of my previous griff and it was a nightmare to clean up.

[J_S_G]

mikeb said:

'Stickystuff remover' from B&Q I think is made of Orange juice or summut. It does say no Solvents involved on the bottle and works well. Petrol will probably wreck your screen bigtime.

Agree.

Good, safe, thing to try first.

[parrot of doom]

Hot soapy water, and one of those green soft scouring pads?

[Martin_S]

stringbag said:

I can borrow some of my wife's nail varnish remover.

nonononono!!

Nail varnish remover is acetone! Surely, it will melt a hole through the plastic faster than you can say ', that wasn't a good idea!'?!

>> Edited by Martin_S on Wednesday 13th April 22:53

[Gaffer]

acetone free nailpolish remover is now available.

I use it for my acryilic nails

Claire

[drum4it2]

as someone else said... WD40 will do it...

[Martin_S]

Just a thought...me being paranoid and all...but how about the polishes/cleaners that are specifically manufactured for the plastic windows on sports car hoods.

There is a group test on them in this month's Classic and Sportscar magazine, IIRC.

...at least you could be confident that they won't do any harm?

[gefopsman]

Go the WD40 route as it will not damage your screen.

Most solvents will do it irrepairable damage. Even the Orange based cleaners made by Swarfega (and B&Q) are quite harsh and could affect teh plastic.

Green scouring pad is not to be advised.

WD40 may take a little longer but will be the easiest on the bank balance.

all IMHO of course

[theblacktuscks]

A hair dryer to soften the residue adhesive & the juice from a freshly squeezed lemon.

[mikeb]

Some cat sick and a wirebrush.... or some witchhazel and a sprig of holly.....

MikeB

[dilbert]

I don't think you can get it any more, but Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA), can be kept in plasic bottles, and removes grease and adhesives.

And it smells lurverleeeeeee......

It doesn't even give me a headache, like cellulose, but I'm sure they're right when they say it's bad for you!