Daughters 95 legacy has had those mini monsoon shield type things up the windscreen pillar and over the doors. They're no longer there but the big messy strip of adhesive still is, about 10mm wide. What's the best thing to use to get it off without damaging the paint? Any autopainters out there with a secret trick they want to share? Thanks.
kazbanz,
Jun 30, 7:10am
caramel wheel --get them from an auto paint supply crowd. Put it in the electric drill and it takes it back to the paint. Do be carefull They can generate enough heat to rip paint. If its a really thick layer of foam I use thinners and rub the bulk of it off before using the caramel wheel.
tamarillo,
Jun 30, 7:50am
Caramel wheel! Well I'll be darned. I've spent ages doing this with razor blade, acetone, tried all kinds of things!
johotech,
Jun 30, 8:11am
Thanks for the tip!
Seems they have a multitude of uses - removing plastic pinstripes etc etc.
franc123,
Jun 30, 8:12am
Plastic scraper and meths is all I've ever used.
kazbanz,
Jun 30, 8:17am
Franc--grab a caramel wheel from a panelbeater mate and give it a go. Your way will work but a caramel wheel is 10 times faster.
kazbanz,
Jun 30, 8:18am
yea well there ya go --Im not just an ugly face ya know.
ross1970,
Jun 30, 4:34pm
Awesome, cheers for the advice. Caramel wheel for a tryout it is.
kazbanz,
Jun 30, 4:37pm
Just do be carefull.I tend to go over and rip the bulk of the foam off let the paint cool a bit then go back to take the residue. That way you wont burn the paint or take paint with the sticky stuff
treachug,
Jun 30, 4:38pm
Or use Desolvit or a similar citrus based product. We sell a USA made product at work which is excellent but Desolvit is much the same.
xs1100,
Jun 30, 6:49pm
would recommend desolv or the like or even just let it weather and rub it with a cloth once a week those wheels are real easy to burn thru paint and the like with
lookoutas,
Jul 1, 3:41pm
The old saying - "A poor workman blames his tools" I started stripping some signwriting off last thing tonight. If its the type that will peel straight off after a heat with the heat gun, then the gun is OK to use. But this stuff kept breaking, so out came the Caramel Wheel and it was all off within 5 minutes. Would have taken an hour had I persevered with the heat gun and thumb nail. Smells nice too. Just keep it moving to a fresh spot so the paint won't heat up, and go back if necessary. It will work on the monsoon tape.
xs1100,
Apr 2, 12:28pm
hahaha no in cases like this inexperience can lead to problems. im sure you havent always been the expert you obviously are now
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