Removing vinyl

[chop]

My carbon vinyl is starting to look pretty awful now do I want to remove it from the roof and spoiler and was wondering whats the safest way of removing it?

 

[Loxy]

Hair drier to get the glue tacky again and start pulling from what I've read. I'm no expert on it though.

I'd imagine you'd have to be prepared to use some sort of thinner to remove any residue left behind afterwards.

 

[You Jay]

Yeah hair drier as above and use tar remover for the left over residue.

 

[chop]

Thanks chaps, will try that next week! :smt023

 

[kenny ken]

Leave it in the hot sun long enough and it'll probably shift just as easy

 

[chop]

Got it off the other day, some came off easy in the sun but the rest needed a hair dryer.

Might replace it with a gloss black vinyl as the matt had little protection against the sun.

 

[chop]

What I'm really having trouble with is my J's racing decals on the side skirts, hair dryer has no effect at all on these and will only come off in bits.
When i jet washed it the other day a little but came off so might try to blast them off or will this damage the paint?

 

[LiamGTR]

Probably.

 

[Danger200]

Use a hot air gun, they get hotter than a hair dryer, but try not to burn the paint :lol:

 

[chop]

Thought about that, might be a bit risky though lol

 

[Danger200]

There's no way of getting it off then, unless you sit there longer with a hair dryer or two :lol:

 

[chop]

Gonna have to rob me mums for reinforcements :lol: I got my old ones off with my mums so maybe my misses one is just a bit sh!t

 

[kenny ken]

Heat gun. As long as your not stupid it won't damage the paint

 

[chop]

Will give it a whirl with the heat gun if me mums is no good

 

[chop]

I used the pressure washer to get them off in the end, heat gun took forever and I had to hold it close to the paint work to have any effect which was a bit dangerous.