Removing vinyl stencil from car
Discussion
Hi,
I'm considering buying a car with that has a "custom body vinyl" on it.
(http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201141420802339/sort/priceasc/usedcars/colour/white/transmission/automatic/price-to/8000/price-from/6000/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/body-type/convertible/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/model/cooper/make/mini/page/1/radius/1501/postcode/ll198hn?logcode=p)
for the link to see the vinyls.
My question is: Is it possible to get these removed without ruining the paintwork and if so how much should I expect to pay?
Ta
Gareth
I'm considering buying a car with that has a "custom body vinyl" on it.
(http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201141420802339/sort/priceasc/usedcars/colour/white/transmission/automatic/price-to/8000/price-from/6000/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/body-type/convertible/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/model/cooper/make/mini/page/1/radius/1501/postcode/ll198hn?logcode=p)
for the link to see the vinyls.
My question is: Is it possible to get these removed without ruining the paintwork and if so how much should I expect to pay?
Ta
Gareth
z0rT10ok said:
you can easily do it yourself - heat them up with a hair dryer, slowly peel them back and take any adhesive off with a cloth and white spiritsIn my experience vinyl makes any paint imperfections even more obvious. I had planned on getting my FRS wrapped but putting a vinyl roof on our trackcar showed the paint needed to be perfect otherwise the vinyl looks dreadful.
To remove the vinyl I usually use a kettle of hot water to heat up the panel then a hot-air gun to keep the vinyl soft. Any tacky residue can be removed with a squirt of WD40 on a cloth. You may need to give the paintwork a light cutting to remove any shadowing.
To remove the vinyl I usually use a kettle of hot water to heat up the panel then a hot-air gun to keep the vinyl soft. Any tacky residue can be removed with a squirt of WD40 on a cloth. You may need to give the paintwork a light cutting to remove any shadowing.
S1_RS said:
In my experience vinyl makes any paint imperfections even more obvious. I had planned on getting my FRS wrapped but putting a vinyl roof on our trackcar showed the paint needed to be perfect otherwise the vinyl looks dreadful.
To remove the vinyl I usually use a kettle of hot water to heat up the panel then a hot-air gun to keep the vinyl soft. Any tacky residue can be removed with a squirt of WD40 on a cloth. You may need to give the paintwork a light cutting to remove any shadowing.
Have to be honest, i would not touch my paintwork with WD40, but thats just me and the customers cars i work on.To remove the vinyl I usually use a kettle of hot water to heat up the panel then a hot-air gun to keep the vinyl soft. Any tacky residue can be removed with a squirt of WD40 on a cloth. You may need to give the paintwork a light cutting to remove any shadowing.
But other than that i agree, you need to find the right balance to much head leaves all the glue behind, not enough means you rip the vinyl or even worse peel some laquer...
I'd always suggest going over the whole car afterwards as mentioned above you will more or less see bleeching from the sun and the car will actually be duller where the vinyl as not been placed.
Hope that helps.
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