best and safe way to do it ?

 

I picked away at mine with my fingernail and used Goo Gone to take the residue off

 

Where do you get Goo Gone, btw>?

and does it **** work on plastic?

 

Also if you heat them up a bit with a blow-drier they come up pretty easy.
The sticky stuff will also come up with some rubbing compound, but it's kind of a PITA, so Goo Gone sounds like a better idea.

 

i used a heat gun, and fingernail. And then wiped down with adhesive remover.

 

Then wax the chit out of the car.

 

On my Civic, it had two colors. Silver and black. The black was very easy to get off, you just peel with your fingernail. The silver was a pain in the ***. As your pulling it off, just ahead of where your peeling, apply hot air(blowdryer) and it'll look better in no time.

 

Seeing that I had pinstripes on my car since 93, the fingernail trick didn't work. I think I'll try the hairdryer bit. Anyone ever do the hairdryer thing on an old hatch like mine?

 

Walmart, grocery store, anywhere really. Not sure about plastic, I'd assume so.

 

A funny story about that... a while back i posted about removing my signs and about the glue left over, and all these people said "Goo Gone". I thought wtf is goo gone! Anyway, a couple months after that i went to home depot with my pops to pick up some tile cleaning solution and there it was, bright as day a small bottle with orange stuff inside with a label that read 'Goo-Gone"! Kinda cracked me up

 

also blow dryers or heat guns help a lot to loosen the glue on the pinstripes and then just go over the area afterward with goo gone or some other sticker label remover to remove the remaining "****" left over that doesnt come off with the pinstripes

 

I found mine came off easier when it was cold rather than heated up with a blow dryer IMO.


[Modified by WhiteEJ1, 12:45 AM 12/11/2002]

 

I used a belt sander with 50 grit sandpaper

 

heat up the pin stripes with a heat gun or hair dryer...it breaks down the adhesive and is easier to get off
for older cars it is easier to use a razor blade to get them (be careful)..new cars could prolly use fingernails....
if you use goo gone...or goof off..or aceytone or anything like that make sure once you get the adhesive off your car..u was the goo gone off too
I dont recomend using it on plastic, leather or anything like that..it tends to eat away at the color..and if you leave it on your paint it will eat through the clear coat and paint
oh yea i almost forgot...wax your car afterwords or buff it if you have one...it helps to build up the clear coat which was slightly damages/removied during the process

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