Sticky Stuff

[ChrisUK]

Hi,

Just removing the rear lettering of my car now, and have searched for the best thing to remove the residue left over from taking the letters off (from the actual bodywork).

Most people have said to use white spirit, but wont this damage the paint in anyway ?

Are there any "safe" options ?

Thanks

 

[olaf]

Warm water and a bit of elbow grease

 

[beezasport]

tar and glue remover

 

[stoneyfordNI]

polish , bit of elbow and a wee quick coat of wax after

job jobbed

 

[Pabs]

i used dental-floss to remove the letters, then literally a smidgen of polish and elbow grease for the rest.
Job done in less than 10mins.

 

[Big_daddy]

This is hwo i removed the letters.
Using a string, i sliced the letters off, leaving only the sicky side.

Using somesoap and warm water with some fingers remove as much as you can.

Then using t -cut, (same colour has your car). rub it in and polish off!

May take some time but a good way without damaging the paint work.!

 

[stoneyfordNI]

Then using t -cut, (same colour has your car). rub it in and polish off!

May take some time but a good way without damaging the paint work.!

T cut and " not damage your paintwork " in the same sentence

 

[Big_daddy]

T cut and " not damage your paintwork " in the same sentence

dont get ya

 

[olaf]

T Cut is designed to remove layers of paint - it literally does 'cut' through.

 

[ChrisUK]

Excellent !

Used hot water and a cloth & a lot of elbow grease, came off quite sharpish. Just polished the rest out now

Time for measuring where I'm going to put the letters now!

Cheers guys

 

[stoneyfordNI]

dont get ya

might as well use brake fluid and a little bit of semtex to get the worst bits off , t cut is the cheapest nastiest stuff known to science

 

[olaf]

As always - pics when done Chris!

 

[Big_daddy]

might as well use brake fluid and a little bit of semtex to get the worst bits off , t cut is the cheapest nastiest stuff known to science

Im getting the hose now, wash it down! whats the purpsoe of turtle wax t cut?

 

[olaf]

T Cut is used for removing small shallow scratches.

I think it does this by removing the top layer of paint?

 

[Big_daddy]

So whats the best stuff to use, when cars clean or had a wash. to make stand out and shine?

 

[olaf]

Have a look in the detailing forum!

 

[ChrisUK]

All done

Made up my own template in the end - think it looks an improvement over standard.

Left the TDI badge on too so people will know that they were smoked by a diesel lol

Here's the pics.......

 

[RobM]

Looks very good

 

[ChrisUK]

Think I need a SCN sticker to finish the back off now ;-)

 

[RikH]

take the tdi badge off chris, they'll know they're battling a diesel by the filthy cloud of poison smoke that poors out the back

i used dental floss then white spirit, white spirit is ok if you make sure you have water on hand to wash it straight off