Hair dryer helps first by softening the old adhesive. Rubbing alcohol at Shoppers Drug Mart or "GooGone solvent at Canadian Tire, Home Hardware etc. will dissolve the remaining stuff. Acetone will mess up the paint.
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The previous owner of my bike put on some relfective stickers on the forks and a couple other spots of the bike and i want to remove them but the problem is they are brittle now and crack when you try to peel them off. Does anyone know of a good solvent that i can wipe on with a rag that will melt them off? I'm thinking maybe Acetone? I don't want anything too abrusive or to have to scrap or brush them off since that could scratch the metal. Any suggestion on something i can use that isn't hard to find?
Hair dryer helps first by softening the old adhesive. Rubbing alcohol at Shoppers Drug Mart or "GooGone solvent at Canadian Tire, Home Hardware etc. will dissolve the remaining stuff. Acetone will mess up the paint.
Last edited by DJM; 04-29-2012 at 04:29 PM.
Can't we settle this over a pint?
I used my friends heat gun to get sickers off my bike and that got the chunks off then gas on a cloth got rid of the sticky stuff off. Then cleaned the gas off to make sure it didn't take any paint off my bike.
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varsol - pretty good
or goo-gone...ive used goo-gone before...helped a bit
Don't you have kerosene? That's the best of the bunch and you need it to clean your chain anyway.
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Varsol and acetone will probably dry things up (like the glue) which is not helpful.
Just like removing the stickers and associated glue from on furniture an oil will work, like vegetable oil on wooden furniture, kitchen items for example. Try it on the gas tank, fairings.... it will not damage the paint. Oil washes off with soap and water.
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I don't know if it's available retail but you can check it out. Works great but be patient:
http://www.rapidtac.com/products/remover.html
Varsol usually works well on the residual glue too but most stickers need to be peeled off first because the remover won't penetrate through to the glue.
Methyl hydrate will remove glue, won't hurt your paint and won't get you high like goo gone.
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WD-40 and a sunny day
3M makes a rubber wheel like a big eraser.. it takes off decals,, the glue, and polishes the paint clean! fast! it chucks in a drill.
+1 on the lighter fluid. You can pour it directly, swab it around and once it's soft and soggy... use your nail to get it off.
It works so well it almost sounds dirty.
Kerosene works just as well, 1l costs about the same as 100-200ml of lighter fluid and can be used as a degreaser.
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