barneybrendan Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Whats the best way of removing the stuff from body work.does it come off without damaging the paint work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Been speaking to mr sticker about this and he says need to warm it up with hair dryer and peel it off, but if the paint work is a bit suspect it could pull paint, also if they did not use proper vynal for cars then the glue is diferent and can be sronger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline1 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hair dryer and patience mate, i had my roof wrapped in black vynl on my old skyline, they ripped it before they finished so they took it off to start again and pulled the paint off aswell....i was well gutted , it was the size of a £20 note! they payed for the damage so i had it spray painted black instead. just be carefull and have patience, thats where they went wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 lots of patience a heat gun and bullet proof fingers this took me two + days , and the customer signs a disclaimer before i start, you can be as carefull as you like , but sometimes if the car has had paint , it sometimes comes off , nothing you can do http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/par96/TJsM3001.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/par96/TJsM3002.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/par96/TJsM3004.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/par96/TJsM3006.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/par96/TJsM3008.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-mkiv Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 A nice warm day will also help you massively, if the panel is generally warm anyway it will help to soften the glue on the vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I took a load of vinyl off my car with a steamer (steam cleaner variety), and just made sure I warmed it all up and peeled slowly - injecting the steam under the vinyl. Went slowly and it all came off in one piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 cheers guys will wait for a dry sunny day then., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I would suggest an adjustable heat gun rather than a hair dryer. Does take a lot of time and effort. As aleady stated, if previously bad paint or bad material then you have no hope! Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 plus a bit of glue and tar remover to clean the residue off after , and if the grafix have been on a while chances are you will need to machine the panel/panels as the surrounding paint will have faded unlike the paint under the grafix which has been protected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 its been on less than a year i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 is it grafix or a panel been covered ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 The roof in carbon wrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 should be ok then , just take your time and when peeling keep it low dont pull it up if you see what i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraP-Z Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Steam cleaner mate, i removed vinyl and a full round of illegal tints off someones car with just an ordinary wallpaper stripper...if you take your time over it, it should take all the glue with it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Will you be selling the wrap when you have removed it mate First dibes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 not sure if i want to try it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Personally I would budget in to have the roof sprayed after just in case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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