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Title: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: peterscotts on March 15, 2013, 03:06:52 PM
Grab a hair dryer and heat the sticker peeling back on the sticker as the glue melts..

Works a treat!   :thumb:

Only takes a couple of minutes, then clean of gunk with WD 40

Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: wayne242 on March 15, 2013, 05:27:15 PM
There was a post over this not long ago, but thanks for reminding me i need to remove the factory stickers  >:(


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Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: peterscotts on March 15, 2013, 05:38:06 PM
Quote from: wayne242 on March 15, 2013, 05:27:15 PM
There was a post over this not long ago, but thanks for reminding me i need to remove the factory stickers  >:(


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Your welcome Wayne...

I did do a search on this subject in here and couldn't find anything on "how to" using a HD ( hair dryer ) just a couple of sketchy ways of removing the stickers.

Anyways I hope it help some!

:thumb: 
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: wayne242 on March 15, 2013, 05:48:21 PM
Around here it was probably a topic with in a topic that was not related to the topic  :icon_lol: but yeah I'll be doing this one day, I'll probably try pb blaster to remove it glue though since i don't use wd40(i replaced it with pb blaster years ago).
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: armtdawg on March 15, 2013, 05:48:50 PM
I like to do something similar to this. I use a heat gun to heat up the sticker and then fishing line to slide under it. Always worked like a champ for me :cool:.
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: wayne242 on March 15, 2013, 06:01:08 PM
Quote from: armtdawg on March 15, 2013, 05:48:50 PM
I like to do something similar to this. I use a heat gun to heat up the sticker and then fishing line to slide under it. Always worked like a champ for me :cool:.

Will work on car molding, but would be to much of a headache on those little EVIL stickers.
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: weedahoe on March 15, 2013, 07:31:29 PM
Quote from: armtdawg on March 15, 2013, 05:48:50 PM
I like to do something similar to this. I use a heat gun to heat up the sticker and then fishing line to slide under it. Always worked like a champ for me :cool:.

Thats normally how I debadge a ride also. Then use an eraser wheel to get any stick off
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: W79 on March 15, 2013, 11:57:31 PM
I wrote about my experience removing warning stickers in my projects-topic, a week or two ago.

Also made a Snapguide (http://snapguide.com/guides/remove-stickers/?var=3ns&utm_expid=56347960-9&utm_campaign=embed&utm_medium=web&utm_source=button&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fsnapguide.com%2Fembed%2Fv1%2Fguide%2Fremove-stickers%2F%3Fformat%3Dnarrow).

Great little tool to make visual tutorials.
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: Zethioth on March 16, 2013, 04:27:32 AM
Goof-Off works great for me! Then a nice polish to bring the paint back to gloss.

When I tried the hair-dryer method it took ages, but it did work, still left A LOT of residue. Tried Goof-Off, should've used it from the beginning.
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: NjDan on March 16, 2013, 06:20:13 AM
Why would you wanna remove it? Doesn't it give you 5 horsepower?  :bs:
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: philp38 on March 16, 2013, 07:29:18 AM
I just took the tank sticker off a couple nights ago. Everyone is going to laugh but...I boiled some hot water and put a towel down around the sticker (which made a puddle sort of) and it peeled right off after about 5 minutes of soaking. I poured the hot water on a couple times as the towel soaked almost all of it up. I hope that made sense.
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: Higgins13 on March 16, 2013, 10:45:44 AM
Quote from: philp38 on March 16, 2013, 07:29:18 AM
I just took the tank sticker off a couple nights ago. Everyone is going to laugh but...I boiled some hot water and put a towel down around the sticker (which made a puddle sort of) and it peeled right off after about 5 minutes of soaking. I poured the hot water on a couple times as the towel soaked almost all of it up. I hope that made sense.

Makes sence, I never would of thought of that way. Definitely an alternative if wife/gf dose not want her hair dryer being used.
Title: Re: How to remove Stickers from your bike
Post by: wayne242 on March 16, 2013, 04:57:55 PM
Quote from: Higgins13 on March 16, 2013, 10:45:44 AM
Quote from: philp38 on March 16, 2013, 07:29:18 AM
I just took the tank sticker off a couple nights ago. Everyone is going to laugh but...I boiled some hot water and put a towel down around the sticker (which made a puddle sort of) and it peeled right off after about 5 minutes of soaking. I poured the hot water on a couple times as the towel soaked almost all of it up. I hope that made sense.

Makes sence, I never would of thought of that way. Definitely an alternative if wife/gf dose not want her hair dryer being used.

You say that like we really ask them be for hand :tongue2: