From: mcostell@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Malcolm G. Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: removing bumper stickers
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:18:30 GMT
Reply-To: mcostell@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Malcolm G. Costello)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.autos, mark@wdcwdc.sps.mot.com (Mark Shaw) writes:
x|> To remove these bumper stickers, a friend of mine has suggested
x|> repeated scrubbings with Dawn dishwashing liquid. Does anyone else
x|> have any experience in this department? Care to share your methods and
x|> results? Thanks for any suggestions...
x
xI removed the side strips from my VW GTi which are similar tothe vinyl bumper stickers.
xThey were two long strips about 3" in width.  This method sounds scarey, but it worked fine.
x
xFirst I used a propane torch and passed it over the sticker at about 5-6 inches, just enough
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The faint of heart might want to try a blow hair dryer first.
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xto heat the vinyl and soften it.  Then you can take a paint scrapper and lightly peel up an
xedge and then pull off the softened sticker.  In some cases (depends on how low it's been
xthere) the glue will come the sticker.  If not wipe the remaining glue with paint thinner
xto soften it and use the paint scraper to slowly and smoothly squeegee off the glue.
x
xIf done properly, this method will not harm the paint such that a polishing compound cannot
xget out the scratches.  I actually got better results when I honed down the paint scraper to
xhave a razor like edge.  The technique takes some skill.  I would advise trying it on a
xsmall area where a mistake will not be readily noticed.
x
xHave fun :-)
x
>Mark  (mark@wdc.sps.mot.com)      Tempe, AZ

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 10:10:06 EST
From: Spiros Triantafyllopoulos <c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
Subject: Re: removing bumper stickers
To: pmartz@dsd.ES.COM
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.


Tell him / her to try WD-40.

Make sure you check whether it screws up paint!!!!!

Spiros
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From: DCH1@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Date:    Wed, 9 Sep 92 12:28 EDT
To: pmartz@dsd.ES.COM
Subject: Re: removing bumper stickers

Aqua Net Hair Spray......spray it on ....let it set for about a minute and
peel away.  I was floored when I saw a detail man at a Ford dealership
doing this.......but, IT WORKS !!!!!

                                      Dave




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Date:         Wed, 09 Sep 92 13:02:19 CDT
From: joel walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
Subject:      removing bumper stickers
To: i forgot <pmartz@dsd.ES.COM>

sorry, I forgot to get your name when I wrote down email address:

anyway, I have really good results with three products from 3M:
(don't remember the product numbers)
Wood-grain stripe remover (spray can) about $8
Adhesive remover (spray can) about $5
General purpose adhesive remover (liquid/square can) about $7

the first two are used to remove wood-grain decals, dealer decals, accent
stripes, etc. without messing up the paint.
WARNING: if you have a Japanese car, be careful with the stripe remover: be
  sure to cover/mask any plastic trim on the car. it fogged some plastic on
  a Honda! Never had any trouble at all on Volkswagens. ??
Anyway, you spray the stripe remover on, wait a few minutes while the decal/
sticker shrivels up like an old orange peel, then just peel it off with your
fingers. but the adhesive is left on the car! Aha, that's what the second can
is for. or the third can.

The stuff works great ... BUT, like all 3M products, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.
joel




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Date: Wed,  9 Sep 92 14:07:40 EDT
From: gong@attmail.att.com (Jiechen James Gong)
To: att-mt!dsd.es.com!pmartz
Subject: Re: removing bumper stickers
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> I just came into posession of a car, the back of which has about 10
> bumper stickers on it. Not just on the rubberized bumper (it's an '88
> Honda Civic DX 4dr), but also on the body and trunk. Yeah, right over
> the paint.
> 
> To remove these bumper stickers, a friend of mine has suggested
> repeated scrubbings with Dawn dishwashing liquid. Does anyone else
> have any experience in this department? Care to share your methods and
> results? Thanks for any suggestions...

Paul,

Heat the stickers with hair dryer.  Then you should be able to remove
them esaily.

James




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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 18:28:29 PDT
From: collin@brahms.amd.com (Collin K. Ong)
To: pmartz@dsd.ES.COM
Subject: sticker removal

There is are a bunch of products that are designed to remove stickers and
other sticky things like gum, etc.  They have names like Gunk off etc though
I don't remember specfically. I have one and it worked well although it
smells exactly like WD40, so that might be exactly what it is.  It does
leave the WD40 smell behind, however.