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cambo
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May 2002
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removing stickers!
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Sat, 21 September 2002 07:44
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ok bought my new car and it has pinstripes down the sides, well only one side. if both sides where there id leave it but one side is mostly gone so i wanna remove the rest. the stripe on the side is actually made up of six thin stripes with writing in the middle of the door. if tried pickiing it off, soappy water, eucalyptus oil, nothing works. best so far was hair drier for ages then scrathing it off with my figner which still took aggeeees cause it sorta crumbles off. does any one know the trick to getting it off? theres so much it will take me forever... and then to get the glue off argh! 
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Newcastle NSW
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June 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Sat, 21 September 2002 10:11
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Try sharpening a peice of perspex to a 25-30 degree point, it shouldnt scratch the paint(depends on the condition of your paint here)it wont remove the glue, so turps might remove it
enjoy.... 
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I supported Toymods
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Berowra-Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Sat, 21 September 2002 10:33
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try using wax and grease remover, coat it in as much as possible, wont hurt the paint only side effect is you will have to re wax it,
don't get mixed up between wax and grease remover and degreaser, don't use degreaser 
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Club Member
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sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Sun, 22 September 2002 12:02
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The easiest and best way is to use a heat gun and gently heat the sticker till it gets a bit soft and just peel it off carefully heating it as you go, this way it leaves no glue and definately no scratches! just be carefull not to heat one spot for too long or get the gun too close to the paint, it doesent have to be hot to get the sticker off just warm
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Sun, 22 September 2002 12:58
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yeap irally is right......u can also use hair dryer...
u get rid of the residue just use nail polish remover.......
my spray painter friend told me nail polish remover is just like a strong polish.. i used it on my car and it was ok.
just my 2 penny's worth.
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Banned member
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Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Sun, 22 September 2002 13:04
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gday i happen to work in a sign shop so i work with stickers a fair bit, the easiest way is to use mineral turpentine on a rag after the car has been sitting in the sun for a few hours, if the glue is still too hard use more elbow grease
we dont use anything but methylated spirits at work or mineral turpentine which is a bit more 'hard core' sometimes it eats acrlyic though !
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Location:
cambo
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Mon, 23 September 2002 07:08
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yeah the hairdrier helped, but it was still damn hard to do. i might have to try either wax and grease remover or mineral turps. hopefully one of these will make it easy to come off. cause theres just SO MUCH sticker to get rid of!
where can i get these from? the only things i have access to at work is white spirits (sometimes) and degreaser.
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I supported Toymods
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Berowra-Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Mon, 23 September 2002 08:54
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4L tin of Wax and grease rremover from auto one is like $11 or something lasts forever
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Location:
cambo
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Mon, 23 September 2002 11:41
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thats my kind of price. ill have a look.
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Location:
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Mon, 23 September 2002 12:13
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Hi,
When I removed the pistriping from my car I found a citrus clean product called "remove-it" was great at getting rid of the sticky residue. Spray it on and leave it for a few minutes and just wipe it all off. Easy as!
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: removing stickers!
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Mon, 23 September 2002 14:50
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do not use nail polish remover as suggest. follow the others suggestion to use wax and grease remover. this stuff doesnt damage your paint. it will also come in handy later on to remove other things like tar of ur boot wells and sill panels where they tend to build up
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