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Old 09-17-2015, 12:34 PM   #1
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Decal Removal

I've read a lot about people having trouble removing the outside decals on their buses, using razor blades, but still having to deal with the adhesive material with goo gone or something of the sort. i work in the heavy truck world and we remove decals all the time, we use something called a smart eraser pad, you can use your cordless drill and use it just like you would an eraser on a pencil, will take the decal right off and wont hurt the paint underneath.

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Old 09-17-2015, 12:43 PM   #2
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Cool info.

Thx for sharing.

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Old 09-17-2015, 12:53 PM   #3
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I've read a lot about people having trouble removing the outside decals on their buses, using razor blades, but still having to deal with the adhesive material with goo gone or something of the sort. i work in the heavy truck world and we remove decals all the time, we use something called a smart eraser pad, you can use your cordless drill and use it just like you would an eraser on a pencil, will take the decal right off and wont hurt the paint underneath.

hope this helps.

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How about just a heat gun?
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Old 09-17-2015, 12:58 PM   #4
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How about just a heat gun?
A heat gun works too
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Old 09-17-2015, 01:01 PM   #5
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I just sanded mine off with my orbital and primered it. Unless you're keeping the yellow paint it doesn't really matter much.
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Old 09-17-2015, 04:23 PM   #6
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I've used a scraper blade on my jobtool. Works quite well
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Old 09-17-2015, 11:31 PM   #7
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ABN makes one for drills. i have to get me one of these!!





http://www.amazon.com/ABN-Decal-Eras...0_SR160%2C160_


the astro one mentioned above is shown below

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...KKHYMXY5XAW55M
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Old 09-18-2015, 09:52 AM   #8
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Ooooohhhh...new toys! Haven't seem these before. Thanks.
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Old 09-18-2015, 11:52 AM   #9
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They work like a charm, by far the easiest way to take off decals, inside, outside, on anything
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Old 09-18-2015, 07:02 PM   #10
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I've got something similar by MAC, I use it mostly for removing decals that are really old and cracked to death....that come off in tiny pieces.
But I still find my tiger torch and SUPER-SOL [wax, tar and adhesive remover] the best for me....had the bus striped in a few hours inside and out.
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Old 01-24-2019, 08:50 PM   #11
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Thought I'd throw up a pic. I pulled off half the reflective tape and all the decals that I could reach without a ladder.
Whizzy wheel type rubber disc, heat gun, and scraper.

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If the decals are vinyl 90% of the time a kettle of boiling water will let them peel off with no issues. Some of the reflective safety tapes may or may not work with think as well.
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Can you use wd40 at all?
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Can you use wd40 at all?
Didn't do any good when I tried. Neither did gasoline.
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