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Old 12-19-2007, 12:44 PM
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Angry I cant get this crap off!

I decided to remove my door moldings and emblems on my formula, and now the glue residue wont come off of where the emblem was. I used Meguires bug and tar remover, and it worked on the molding well, but not the emblems. What should I do?
Old 12-19-2007, 12:46 PM
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Try using WD40
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3m adhesive remover. It's a white and red can
Old 12-19-2007, 12:50 PM
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WD 40 didnt work either, Ill try that 3m stuff.
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some stuff at walmart call "Goof Off". its some bad *** stuff. comes in a yellow can. i think i got it over in the section by the paints and caulk and stuff. it'll take anything off. i got some white paint on my car from the road crew painting the stripes and nothing would take it off but this stuff. left a little dull color to my paint but a thin coat of car polish brought the shine back out. it didnt eat throught the clear coat or anything like that.
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be careful with that goof off.... one of my friends used to much and to much pressure and took his car down to bare metal
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Originally Posted by Intense
be careful with that goof off.... one of my friends used to much and to much pressure and took his car down to bare metal
Damn! I used it to take factory decals off of the side of my nissan truck and it didnt hurt the paint
Old 12-19-2007, 02:15 PM
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heat gun with wd40 worked great for me.
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the 3m adhesive remover is what the dealer used to remove the pinstripes from the side of my car
Old 12-19-2007, 02:50 PM
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at the detail shop i used to work for, lacquer thinner worked really well, you just gotta be a tad careful
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goo gone worked for me
Old 12-19-2007, 03:20 PM
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Alright i just went to O reillys and got that 3M stuff. It worked perfectly. Thanks alot.
Old 12-19-2007, 03:22 PM
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ive used 3m and a buffer lol.
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Originally Posted by Numba1Stunna
the 3m adhesive remover is what the dealer used to remove the pinstripes from the side of my car
If this is so, would it work for a decal that a used car dealer put under the taillight? It feels kinda like pinstripe. Ive been wondering how to get that off for a while.
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Goo gone worked great for my old Z and my SS.
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hey post up some pix after your done with it!
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Alright will do.
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Actually guys I can tell you what will work the best and it will NOT hurt your paint. Get an electric drill and go to your local body shop or auto glass shop and buy a 3m rubber decal removing wheel. It is really soft rubber and will straight up take any decal, sticker or adhesive residue right off and all you need to do is run water soap over the paint and some polish to clean up the temporary but very easy to remove marks. It works great. This is also coming from a guy that polishes his car with a flourescent light to see if I have any swirl marks. I am really up tight about any blemish in my paint. None the less I used those wheels to remove stickers off all my crotch rockets when I buy them new with no scratch or nothing. PLEASE REMEMBER TO WORK WITH A CLEAN SURFACE TO BEGIN WITH. The wheels won't scratch the paint but the dirt under the wheel while it is turning will. Good luck. Chris
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goo gone worked good for the side of the car that wasn't messed with. The other side was hit and the shop put some nasty sh!tty glue on but i was still able to get it off with goo gone.. took a lot longer of course.
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Originally Posted by ta02zx10r
Actually guys I can tell you what will work the best and it will NOT hurt your paint. Get an electric drill and go to your local body shop or auto glass shop and buy a 3m rubber decal removing wheel. It is really soft rubber and will straight up take any decal, sticker or adhesive residue right off and all you need to do is run water soap over the paint and some polish to clean up the temporary but very easy to remove marks. It works great. This is also coming from a guy that polishes his car with a flourescent light to see if I have any swirl marks. I am really up tight about any blemish in my paint. None the less I used those wheels to remove stickers off all my crotch rockets when I buy them new with no scratch or nothing. PLEASE REMEMBER TO WORK WITH A CLEAN SURFACE TO BEGIN WITH. The wheels won't scratch the paint but the dirt under the wheel while it is turning will. Good luck. Chris
I used one of those in shop class last year, it was awesome. I thought about those, but I dont have one and dont want to spend that much money right now. thanks.


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