Decal Glue removal - help

500rider · August 13, 2005, 01:32:35 PM

Can someone recommend a product/method to remove the glue from under the OEM decals?

I am removing the decals from the plastic and I was easilty able to peel off the decal using heat from a hairdryer but there is still the glue residue left and it will not come off with anything I have tried so far.

Turpentine - nope
Kerosene - nada
Duplicolor degreaser (paint prep) - nada
Label and Sticker remover spray from Canadian Tire (I'll be returning that )

Goo Gone - Hah! gimme a break

I tried carb cleaner (acetone, methyl alcohol, toluene) on a spare piece and it eats the clearcoat and the ABS plastic.

Any ideas?

Roadstergal · August 13, 2005, 01:36:11 PM

http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18998

500rider · August 13, 2005, 01:52:09 PM

Thanks! I didn't see that post B4. I think I've inhaled too many fumes lately.

rclz · August 13, 2005, 03:32:51 PM

lol, go to a hardware store and grab some Goo Gone.

Kerry · August 13, 2005, 04:16:47 PM

Looks like he already tried that.

vfrocket · August 13, 2005, 05:18:08 PM

Naptha will work...

or try Denatured Alcohol

oramac · August 13, 2005, 07:38:59 PM

I like WD40. It's good for getting just about anything off.

RVertigo · August 14, 2005, 01:21:35 AM

I still think it looks better with them...

YAY for warning stickers!

TheGoodGuy · August 14, 2005, 02:22:55 AM

i am glad i didnt take off any of my stickers.. i even have the "WARNING" sticker on my fuel tank... its still there 4 years on, i never took it off.

RVertigo · August 14, 2005, 02:42:42 AM

All the cool kinds keep the stickers!

I have a friend that rips them off when you're not looking... I think I'll bury him in the desert if he tries that with me!!! :guns:

ajgs500 · August 14, 2005, 02:46:20 AM

I still have my stickers too....... I am just to lazy to get em off. BTW, Rvert I have a 2001 GS too....dark blue

RVertigo · August 14, 2005, 02:48:00 AM

I think everyone here with the '01 has the DrkBlue one.

It's not lazy to leave 'em on... The stickers make you cooler!

Kerry · August 14, 2005, 03:14:45 AM

If you're the type that writes on your fuel receipts (total miles / trip miles / etc) the warning sticker makes a better backing than the metal tank. Gotta love that thermal-print paper. (Not :x )

Smiley · August 14, 2005, 10:04:10 AM

I had the same problem; nothing worked. and I tried every thing under the sun. In the end It took me two days; with a blade from a stanley knife, just very very gently scraping it off. Keep the blade as flat as possible and push into the gliue. Its a pain, but it works and if you are very careful and you take your time you wont scratch the paint Wet just a bit at a time with petrol I scratched mine a bit when I was too tired and should have stopped.

Good luck to you

500rider · August 14, 2005, 06:46:12 PM

Quote from: SmileyI had the same problem; nothing worked. and I tried every thing under the sun. In the end It took me two days; with a blade from a stanley knife, just very very gently scraping it off. Keep the blade as flat as possible and push into the gliue. Its a pain, but it works and if you are very careful and you take your time you wont scratch the paint Wet just a bit at a time with petrol I scratched mine a bit when I was too tired and should have stopped.

Good luck to you

Thanks! Nothing I tried worked except the Carb cleaner and it removes paint too.

These are not the warning stickers. I ripped those off after the 1st year I had the bike. Those ones I justed pulled off real slowly and all the gunk came off. The ones I am having trouble with are the OEM graphics stickers.

I'll give the naptha a try. I've tried WD-40 in the past and didn't seem to work.

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