Getting rego stickers off boats
Submitted by Ben Derecki on Mon, 2011-12-19 09:59
I'm going to replace the rego numbers on the side of the boat but it looks like there will be a fair bit of sticky gunk left over once they come off. Anyone done this before and if so what did you use to get it off?
I assume some of that Orange Power gear or turps will probably work but when I used some on my car a few years ago I found it took off a small amount of paint so I'm a bit paranoid about using it now.
Also I'm thinking about getting a single sticker made up that has all five characters on it instead of using five individual stickers. Has anyone tried this?
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Ben we used a hairdryer and
Ben we used a hairdryer and plastic scraper...done the trick for us
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Ryan C
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orange oil
orange oil or something has worked for me well in the past cheers
Vander72
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heat gun and metho
heat gun to bubble the sticker up and take off.... metho spirits to clean the gunk if any left behind..... thats what the sticker bloke did to mine
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Top tips, thanks fellas.
Top tips, thanks fellas.
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hairdrier and metholated
hairdrier and metholated spirits from me too.
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i cant remember the last oen
i cant remember the last oen i did on mine, but would have thought no different to the car.
wet newspaper folded up and over the sticker, should stick to the boat. after 5-10 minutes sticker should peel off.
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Bodie
was going to put old farts tip up but you have done it, also for the car rego sticker if you still have a old one on, thats one less sticker to remove hahah
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Hairdryer and metho
Thats what we all did with the decals on the Rally Aus support vehicles in the past, and we stickered stacks off them.
There is a substance called Zoff (pronounced Z-off) that is used to get medical glues off and it is absolutely awesome, but not so easy to find.
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Hair dryer / scraper. Then
Hair dryer / scraper.
Then use Solve-it (orange based solvent) to get rid of any glue residue.