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Vinyl Removal on Backlit menu board help please?
Hi
I am looking for help in connnection with removal of vinyl and gue from Backlit menu board, there is a fair bit so i have my hands full with something i hate …
is there a chemical i can get or something else , need to get it finished today ,,,
Cheers
Richie
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3 Replies
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tar and glue remover. you may get it in b&q but you can from most suppliers to the car valet trade. just stip all the letters, soak in removed for 5 mins then soak agaoin and instantly “DRAG” a stanly blade on its side off the eheet of perspex and it will take the glue right off.
white spirits, “TURPs” also works but not as fast or as good i dont think, but still works 😉 -
I’ve done a couple of these Richie, and as Robert says, white spirits will do the trick. Its hard work, but I found if I left it soaking for a few minutes, then rubbed with a mesh-type cloth, the worst will come off fairly quickly.
Hardest bit is when you think its all cleaned off (you may have to use a window scraper carefully for some bits). It always seems to leave a faint shadow of residue that just won’t move. I’ve found a mini scrubbing brush (the type you’d use to clean finger nails) will break up this left over residue, then another dab of white spirits and a good scrubbing with a cloth, done.
Longest job so far was just over 4.5metres by .7 of a metre, virtually all covered in vinyl. The new vinyl wasn’t giving a total coverage, so the backing had to be clean. All in all, the whole cleaning process took about 2 hours, but boyo boy did my arms ache after that one. There’ll be a way of doing it by machine (a bonnet buffer maybe) but I haven’t had a go at this yet, anyone else tried a machine of some description?
Cheers, Dewi
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Cheers lads
i had fairly good results with the white spirits…
The job i had was the same as you Dewi took to long and was wrecked afterwards.
AH WELL all in a days work
cheers
richie
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