whats the fastest removal of frosted vinyl?

[Steve Broughton]

Steam wallpaper stripper, glue remover and a big tin of elbow grease 😆

[Peter Richardson]

running short on elbow greese any ideas where i can get some.

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[Steve Broughton]

😆 its one of these things that these days seems to be in short supply along with perseverance and patience 😆 sorry mate but somethings just take time. 😆

[Innocent]

i heard enthusiasm was going cheap at b&q

[John Singh]

And while your there getting it why not pick up a wall paper steamer? 😆

[Robert Lambie]

sit a heater, preferebly a blow heater near to all the glass.. not close enough to crack it of course..
strip all the vinyl with a heat gun.. forget about the glue till last..
then get thinner/gun wash from a paint source. very cheap. spill some on the glass panel and use a glass razor blade scraper. start at one side and drag towards you…

thinners/petrol/gun wash doesnt effect the glass at all.. strips the glue in no time..

remember use some sort of mask.. or you will end up spelling like me! 😉

[Allan Weyman]

I sell some very good all steel American retractable scrapers down the shop, they take an old fashioned type safety blade (got plenty of those as well). They are great for scraping vinyl off glass and the flat angle is perfect not like those silly ones that Stanley do they are all wrong. quite a few of the boys have bought these in the past from us and swear by them.

To remove the glue residue I have found Cellulose thinners. It is cheap and a darned sight better than some of the proprietory removers that cost about a tenner a litre.

Allan

[Gordon Forbes]

I suppose you only use the cellulose thinners on glass then.

Could cause problems on anything else LOL!!!

[Robert Lambie]

gun wash/thinners is good on glass and GRP bodies.. dries real fast though, so you have to be quick.
dont use on a painted surface, could give yourself major headaches 😉 😆

[Allan Weyman]

Forbie,

All modern paint finishes on vehicles use a two pack material i.e. the paint and a hardener, and would not normally be effected by wiping down with Cellelouse thinners.

I definitely use the thinners on van bodies without problems but obviously take a couple of precautions (like for example test a bit!) especially if it is an old vehicles or has been sprayed with an oil based or cellelouse acrilic paint.

Allan

[Peter Richardson]

Thanks for the advice the chemicals were starting to kick in. Its not nice working with the roller doors open this weather so the smell got everyone quite high.