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Cleaning old residue glue
Hi and thanks in advance. Anybody got any tips of the best way/product for cleaning old glue residue left on vehicles after removing vinyl? Have used petrol in the past Ok but don’t like storing it, also had some expensive chemical that was rubbish can’t remember the name. Cheers
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Benziene or a citrus oil based cleaner should do it.
Neither will damage paints
You could also try a tar remover and get hold of one of the spray paint guys and ask them what they use. -
Thanks for that. By tar remover do you mean something like jizer?
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I use a decal remover made in Canada that I buy in a spray can at an auto parts chain, it’s called “Sticker and Decal Remover” haha.
Or try Goo Gone.
Or Rapid Remover, made by Rapid Tac products.
And use a L’il Chizler with all of the above,
or one of those plastic razor blades from an auto parts store.
You have to leave any of these soak on the glue till it forms a snotty boogery substance.
It’s not fun.
Love….Jill -
lighter fluid..
Simon
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“a snotty boogery substance.”
What a description…. you amaze me sometimes Jill
Iain
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Jill ive hear everyone talking about “Lil Chizler” eh who is she ? and where can i get one in th uk ?
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I get em free at trade shows, it is actually the only reason I attend.
Love….Jill
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Well, that IS what it looks like, right? -
The “lil chizler” is a little scraping tool that slightly resembles a sgueegee. It is “lil” and plastic.
I used to always use “Rapid Remover” but I don’t like how greasy it is and sometimes it just seems to make more of a mess than anything else. We have some 3M adhesive remover that comes in aeresol form that has been working pretty good. It is citrus based so you don’t have to worry about getting high using it.
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Yeh – the 3m Citrus stuff is what I was talking about , it also removes a lot of other gunk (wood resin smoke from lasered stuff , lasered vaporised residue , tar , digital prints on vinyl , khoki pen marks etc) and if you getting hot and smelly it does great double duty as a deodorant 🙂
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:point: Good idea! :2thumbs:
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Thanx folks I’ll try ’em all! Actually, I also inherited this stuff from a shop fitting mate of mine – it’s made by Wurth (Netherlands) has no English on the tin but it translates to ‘Industrial Clean’ and is in an aerosal. When sprayed it smells ‘orangy’ so it might be the same as the 3m stuff?
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At this very minute I am covered from head to toe in a snotty boogery substance using Right-Off from Doro Tape.
Anyway, must go, before I drip the said snotty boogery substance all over my keyboard which would make it impossible to tTYPP e pROpppp e r Lyy.
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This is a sticky subject when it comes to glue or snotty boogery stuff
I’ve used the special glue removing stuff and it has actually ruined the substrate and created more mess
The other day I used ordinary Turpentine Substitute with remarkable results. Its not that expensive either (not like the £45 + vat specialisd rubbish)
John
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Turps subsitute works for me – and the “lil chizler” helps
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I use some white spirity stuff… hold on, I’ll check what its called.
:lol1: Okay, so the white spirity stuff is called White Spirits 😳 😳 I’ve no excuse, had plenty of sleep and haven’t touched alcohol for 24 hours.. must be the meths 🙄
Cheers, Dewi
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The definitive substance is:
Tar and Glue remover by Autoglym
nothing touches it, it is instantaneous and not so expensive if bought direct from the friendly van man who delivers it free
Regards Adrian
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its tar and glue reomver i use and have been for years now.
i was using it today actually….
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quote signco:if bought direct from the friendly van man who delivers it freedoes he go past forfar on the A90 adrian? 😉
only kidding i get mine from the local paint sprayers!! 😀
Nik
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I can only get cornets and wafers from my friendly van man
John
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what about a slider, toffee chews..milk bottles & a ninety nine mister!! 😀
Nik
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Who’s got a sweet tooth then?
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yes i do john…just look at my avatar, really gives the guff away!! 😛
but the best was the whelk man……he used to shout “whelks ten pence a bag” i used to run up and get a bag, it always had a pin in it…fab!! 😀 (i think you guys down south call them winkles) 😛
Nik
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For Far thats a bit far you could probably get it on a two day service by boat Nik
If you get stuck let me know and I could ship some up to you ( I think theres a farmer maket once a month around here, I could chuck a couple of cans on a tractor for you)
Regards Adrian
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I think there still called whelks in Yorkshire
Anyone verify thatWinkles they are down here
I remember when my hometown Hull was the biggest fishing port in the world. My uncle used to come back from fishing with what he called shrimps but they were the size of King Prawns today
John
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quote signco:I could chuck a couple of cans on a tractor for you)
would that be by a john deere or a valtra? 😀 i might even be quicker jogging through adrian :pink: 🙄 😉
nik
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Last month a customer, showed me a second hand van he had purchased and removed the vinyl ready for his “new design” ……………….
No turps or tar removed needed and definitely no snottery boogery stuff left……… and not a lot of paint ………he had decided to use a sander!
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