sticker removal

[saxoclarke]

ok i baught a saxo desire a few weeks back ... cant drive yet but wana do a few things to it and it has 3 stickers 1 small one under the saxo badge on the boot and 2 pretty large ones on the bottom part of doors how can i remove them without damaging the paintwork and also will it leave patches under them

[Larcomes]

Originally Posted by saxoclarke

ok i baught a saxo desire a few weeks back ... cant drive yet but wana do a few things to it and it has 3 stickers 1 small one under the saxo badge on the boot and 2 pretty large ones on the bottom part of doors how can i remove them without damaging the paintwork and also will it leave patches under them

Hair dryer or very gingerly with a heat gun should soften the glue enough to peel them off, after there off use some white spirits or similar to remove the left over glue residue.

As for colour change, it depends how long they been on, how long the car has been exposed to sunlight and UV rays and of course the colour of the car as some colours fade faster and worse then others. so.. only you will know when you start taking them off. normally abit of t-cut, maguires or such like help to blend the colours if there not to badly faded.

[saxoclarke]

its like metalic red and they were the orinal stickers sold with the car in 2002

[Furio-Gazza]

Hair dryer then slowly peel them off, and for the left over glue, just use some tar n glue

[stevo67]

Don`t use T-cut use some cutting compound G3 springs to mind,then wax over afterwards.

Steve.

[Furio-Gazza]

Originally Posted by stevo67

Don`t use T-cut use some cutting compound G3 springs to mind,then wax over afterwards.

Steve.

G3 is top stuff!
I used it on my Civic to restore the paint work as it had some fade on the bonnet and worked rather good but you have to work fast with it chap

[m11ler]

I took loadss of stickers off my car when i bought it, the lad had massive boy racer type ones down the side. They came off pretty easy with some soapy warm water and peeling slowly. And they left no difference in colour behind the paint etc, so they obviously hadnt been there too long.
But i also took the 'forte' stickers off and if you look really closely you can see the outline of the sticker in the paint work. I used sticker remover and t cut.

[UKtom]

took a sticker off my boot the other day, all i used was a hairdryer simple solution yet makes a big difference

[saxoclarke]

im gona try peeling a tiny . sticker off the car so if it dose leave a mark i then no not to do the rest

[Furio-Gazza]

if it leaves a mark use some white spirit to remove sticky shit but if its faded the paint use compound or maybe (never normaly recomend it) T-Cut

[sgeary]

Warm soapy water did the job for me just takes time

[Venns]

I took the desire one off the back with abit of soap and water, shoudnt leave any marks what so ever. The stickers are quite wide and peel really easy