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 ) :bs:
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?
http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18998
Thanks! I didn't see that post B4. I think I've inhaled too many fumes lately.
lol, go to a hardware store and grab some Goo Gone.
Looks like he already tried that. :(
Naptha will work...
or try Denatured Alcohol
I like WD40. It's good for getting just about anything off. :thumb:
I still think it looks better with them...
YAY for warning stickers!
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.
:thumb: 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:
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
:thumb: I think everyone here with the '01 has the DrkBlue one. :D
It's not lazy to leave 'em on... The stickers make you cooler!
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 )
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 :)
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.