Removing Stickers

My new race car is festooned with stickers. Some come off easily, others are quite difficult and leave a lot of glue behind.

Any suggestions on how to remove the stickers and glue gunk without removing paint?

Much thanks!

Racerdog

Goo Gone

Use a hair drier or a heat gun on loooow to warm the adhesive. It doesn't need to be HOT enough to damage your paint, just warm enough to soften the adhesive. Helps a LOT.

Heat gun, & wipe residue w/ what maroon said.

Maroon92 wrote: Goo Gone

Agreed. I once bought a Mazda B2200 from the courier company I worked for at the time for very cheap. It came with all the company decals still on it. Some careful work with a razor blade got the vinyl off, and lots of Goo Gone plus my buffer got the residue off afterward. The hair dryer idea sounds worth a try too.

I have had better luck with the eraser wheels also know as pin strip removers.

I agree with moderate heat and gentle methods to lift the corners and peel the heated area of the decal. Had great success this way.

Use No razor blades. Let the heat gun do the work, move it around over the vinyl, don't concentrate in one spot, doesn't take a whole lotta heat either, pull easy, it will take most adhesive w/ the vinyl. Wipe residue w/ goo gone or even lacquer thinner.

"goo gone" is better than "goof off 2" - I haven't tried the original "goof off"

I often use laquer thinner instead of goo gone. It doesn't remove the paint unless the paint has been recently applied.

Goo Gone or tar remover. I used cheap Turtle Wax tar remover and it worked well.

+1 on Goo Gone

Heat gun + gasoline.

Zippo lighter fluid or equivalent.

WD40

Decal Eraser.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/decaleraserwheel.php