Has any tried vinyl removal fluid ?

[John Harding]

dunno but if its as easy as the honey in the video makes it look I might invest in some 😀

[Fabrice Menard]

I did not use the one from spandex but this one: http://www.folyoex.de/videos-.html

Yes it’s very easy to remove vinyls BUT the glue remains on the car and we must use a glue remover afterward. It is very expensive in chemicals, it saves times for sure.

The videos are always done with fresh applied vinyl, doesn’t even require any removing fluid, and the glue does not remains on the car either, I tried on old laminated vinyl. Need to to the operation twice: one for laminate film on for printed vinyl and an other step for the glue.

[David McDonald]

We’ve tried vinyl-ff from http://www.vinyloff.co.uk

It’s an extra tool to help but it isn’t always as quick as the videos show.

Sometimes the vinyl comes off so cleanly and quickly that it’s almost unbelievable (almost falls off the van), other times it just makes a slimy mess of the vinyl and glue that takes ages to get off, or just seems to have no real effect. Its a delicate balance as to how long to leave the stuff soaking into the vinyl and we’ve found that too many variables make it difficult to predict – the temperature, type of vinyl, laminated or not, how long its been on etc. etc.

They do 2-types, a standard strength and a stronger one aimed at reflective.

The best we found was to wet the vinyl with solution before going home and stripping it when we get in the next day – I think the instructions say a lot less time than this but the recommended timings didn’t seem to work – the vinyl adhesion was pretty much unchanged.

As mentioned nearly all the glue on reflective remains on the paintwork, although at least getting the actual vinyl off is quicker.

We now tend to only use this product more of a last resort when all the other methods of stripping are failing.

One thing to point out is do not get the stronger stuff (possibly the standard as well) on plastic light covers – it "melted" the surface of the rear light cluster on out VW Crafter. We noticed this the day after stripping so no idea whether it was an immediate effect or because the stuff was on it for hours. There was no adverse effect on the actual metal/paintwork.

Overall – its worth trying.

Cheers
Macky

[Martin Pearson]

quote John Harding:

dunno but if its as easy as the honey in the video makes it look I might invest in some 😀

I had to go watch the video after your comments John :lol1: :lol1:
still don’t think I will be buying any though lol