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I have a 93 EG and it has a small civic sticker on the rear of my car. I want to take it off.
It is an original sticker so it's been there, i guess from the very beginning of it's creation. I tried to peel it off but i managed to get 1mm of it. I'm scared that the paint will come off with it.
How do i take it off without scratching or peeling the paint off?
use a hairdryer on it, should help with the glue on the sticker.
yeh, heat it up.. melt the glue, and use some eucalyptus oil to remove it...
Big Kevs goo remover to get rid of the stickiness :D
I've said it time and time again..... but people freak out.
Acetone.
Acetone! Arhhh Nooooooooooooo!
Sounds iffy... but if it works it works! dont leave it on too long!
i'll try the hair drying thing. Acetone is a bit freaky.. but i'll give it a go. Thanks!
use a hairdyer to remove the sticker and then petrol to remove the guk left behind
Tea Tree Oil and elbow grease
u could even use a citrus based cleaner for the sticky residue, works very well
omg.. acetone.. hahahahahaah
trust me people... its not that scary/freaky
hairdry the sucker...... give it a perm, it will come off =oP
after u take it off use a cut and polish over the area to get rid of the years of outline gunk
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: nobody will even know it was there! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by tegstar83
replace the panel with one that doesnt have a sticker!
alright...fine. eucalyptus oil and elbow grease then a little polish
a small wipe of mineral turpentine does wonders
yeah... hairdryer the thing till its hot, and rub off any excess glue on it with your thumb. give it a good wax and its off...
Yeah that'll get that damn Breeze sticker off! ;)
acetone kills people!
acetone may strip the paint, lol
The old hair dryer + eucalyptus oil will do it.
Take your time and do it properly ;)
id personally leave it on. unless ur planning to respray the whole car. or else theres gonna be like a outline left there.... i took mine off. and im regretting it now
Its called a cut and polish mate
cut and polish is ok... dont get the generic brands tho...they dont work...
i just used some citrus based stuff and just worked at it... had no fingernail left tho! lol...
another thing was that i took off my 'civic' badge off the back of my car, and ofcourse there was a goo outline of civic where the badge was... i got most of it off but there was a little left so i thought i'd just use some wet and dry sandpaper, then polish it over... after about 3 strokes with the sandpaper, it was down to the primer!!! now i've got a grey outline of civic on my boot... did i do something wrong by using the wet and dry or could this be a dodgey paintjob? (still factory paint job too)
its not of a great concern for i was going to get the roof resprayed (due to fade) and get the spoiler holes on my boot patched up. so might get boot resprayed too.... but just curious to what may have happened? thanks guys!
whao mate! u sand papered off the paint!!! never use sand paper!!!!
like i said, i barely touched the panel tho!! plus the primer is only visable where the goo was. its not like i was sanding the life out of it. i just did it lightly till the last bit of the badge goo came off! its like there was only one thin coat of paint there... i'd show pics but having camera problems
lol sand paper. hmmm. that wasnt very good idea mate.