Removing Stickers

[razorman]

I am a second owner and when the first owner bought the car from Hawthorns they allowed them to put a sticker on the rear on the opposite side to the Chimaera 450 badge.
The sticker is quite thick and "by now" fairly rigid plastic and the previous owner obviously tried removing it at one stage and so bits around the edge have flaked off and it looks naff (actually it would have looked naff from day one).

Does anyone have any brilliant ways to remove it, without of course damaging the paintwork.

[rude girl]

I know a few different ways - they all work on different types of sticker/glue.

Try warming it up with a hairdryer as a first attempt, and lifting it with your fingernails.

Alternatives for different glues are WD40, or surgical spirit. I've used both successfully in different circumstances.

All the best

[Big Al.]

Petrol, (usual disclaimers apply!)

[Corin Denton]

Best way I have found is to boil a kettle and let it cool for a minute or two then pour the water over the sticker in a constant stream then peel the sticker off.

[parrot of doom]

Warm it up first.

Try nitromors on it. Might disintegrate, but its powerful wicked stuff.

[chimtvr]

DONT use nitromors it will get the sticker off and your paint
use a hairdryer or hot water then to remove the glue autoglym do a tar and glue remover
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[Nuggs]

Just stick one of these over it:

[flintstone]

I'm dying to peel the dealer sticker off mine (sorry Mole Valley) but am waiting for warmer weather.

Also a bit worried about residual glue.

[parrot of doom]

ahh sorry, I thought this was on the glass. Of course don't be using Nitromors on the paintwork

[rude girl]

flintstone said:

Also a bit worried about residual glue.

Surgical spirit or WD40 should sort that (do a spot test with a cotton bud), and won't affect either glass or paintwork (need cleaning off afterwards and lots of wax on paint).

[victormeldrew]

Sticky stuff remover from Kleeneze is great stuff.

Lemon juice can work, as can vinegar.

Sometimes rubbing with the fingers works well, depends on the type of adhesive.

One trick that often works well in to use some of the same adhesive in a dabbing action; the adhesive will stick to itself in preference to anything else.

[count duckula]

I agree with the hair dryer idea, I had a sticker for the dealer in the same place, the hair dryer worked great, just polish the area after to tidy up any mess.


Malc

[flintstone]

rude girl said:

(do a spot test with a cotton bud)

Who are you calling Bud?

[rude girl]

[squirrelz]

Corin Denton said:

Best way I have found is to boil a kettle and let it cool for a minute or two then pour the water over the sticker in a constant stream then peel the sticker off.

I did this with mine (a Christopher Neil badge) and it came off easily with no mess.

[razorman]

parrot of doom said:

Try nitromors on it. Might disintegrate, but its powerful wicked stuff.

POD: Thought about this, but didn't really need another access into the boot.

Corin: Tried the "not quite" boiling water method and it came off a treat. Left a small amount of adhesive behind, which was soon removed with a bit of polish and elbow grease.

Thanks to everyone for the advice.

PS Rude Girl: You can call me Bud anytime.

>> Edited by razorman on Friday 11th March 18:12