The old name on my boat is terrible, and I want to remove it. It seems to be the vinyl stuff. Today I got the heat gun and putty knife after it, followed by 3M's best. Marginal results at best. 20 minutes later only one letter was 'kinda' removed.
Anyone have a "no kidding, this really works, and is fast!" method? LOL..and one that won't turn me into a Super Fund Site? Thanks Norm B
engsol wrote:> The old name on my boat is terrible, and I want to remove it.> It seems to be the vinyl stuff. Today I got the heat gun and> putty knife after it, followed by 3M's best. Marginal results> at best.> 20 minutes later only one letter was 'kinda' removed.>
Anyone have a "no kidding, this really works, and is fast!"> method? LOL..and one that won't turn me into a Super Fund Site?> Thanks> Norm B
Try WD40 -- peal back a little and let it work on the adhesive. You probably will still have a "shadow" image where the hull has faded around the numbers though.
I have seen on this forum a while back that something like Easy-Off Oven Cleaner does a good job. I have no first hand experience with this, but it was mentioned here.
Doug
"engsol" <engsolnorm@peak.org> wrote in message news:h0223115m34hnbkpf6hf7qs5nkt3mg1n54@4ax.com...> The old name on my boat is terrible, and I want to remove it.> It seems to be the vinyl stuff. Today I got the heat gun and> putty knife after it, followed by 3M's best. Marginal results> at best.> 20 minutes later only one letter was 'kinda' removed.>
Anyone have a "no kidding, this really works, and is fast!"> method? LOL..and one that won't turn me into a Super Fund Site?> Thanks> Norm B
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:59:01 -0800, engsol <engsolnorm@peak.org> wrote:
The old name on my boat is terrible, and I want to remove it.>It seems to be the vinyl stuff. Today I got the heat gun and>putty knife after it, followed by 3M's best. Marginal results>at best.>20 minutes later only one letter was 'kinda' removed.>
Anyone have a "no kidding, this really works, and is fast!">method? LOL..and one that won't turn me into a Super Fund Site?>Thanks>Norm B
3M makes a tool for this exact issue. Go to an autobody supply shop. It's sort of a buffing wheel that you chuck in an electric hand drill. Strips decals right off.
I used the oven cleaner trick on my boat as I had to change the home port. I also removed the name and redid it so it all matched. We switched from paint to graphics and it has held up well for the last 9 years.
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:31:20 -0500, "Leanne" <leanne@islc.net> wrote:
My old bass fishing boat is named "Row vs. Wade">>
I used the oven cleaner trick on my boat as I had to change the>home port. I also removed the name and redid it so it all>matched. We switched from paint to graphics and it has held up>well for the last 9 years.>
