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22nd January 2009, 18:05
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Annoying Stickers
Well basically i have this sticker that CAN NOT get of its on my rear bumper at the bottom, its been on here since ive had there car.
I was just wondering what is the best way to get stickers off what clean materials can i use?
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22nd January 2009, 20:43
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Help anyone?
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22nd January 2009, 21:04
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try using a hair dryer to melt the glue
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22nd January 2009, 21:18
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Thanks ill use my mums
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22nd January 2009, 21:19
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and if you get off that way and the bumper is just black trim, use white spirit or some sort of solvent to get the sticky residue off
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22nd January 2009, 21:20
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Its green lol  , wont that damage the paint i use spirits?
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22nd January 2009, 21:25
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wipe it of properly and give a good polish
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22nd January 2009, 21:27
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could just tip boiling water over it to soften the glue
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22nd January 2009, 21:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GRAHAM2000VTR
wipe it of properly and give a good polish
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ive tryed wiping it off, it just wont come off im going to try the hair dryer thing and see were i get with tht lol
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22nd January 2009, 21:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J222JRA
could just tip boiling water over it to soften the glue
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But then what would i wipe it off with i tryed this before but it did no good.
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22nd January 2009, 21:30
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i mean once you have used the whitespirt once you used the hairdryers
so :
hair dryer get most off
white spirt any remaining glue
then wipe down and polish to get all white spirt of
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22nd January 2009, 21:35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tally2425
Its green lol  , wont that damage the paint i use spirits?
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if its just on the black plastic trim then no it wont damage it!
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24th January 2009, 16:12
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use tar remover to get the glue off after you have used the hairdryer it worked for me
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24th January 2009, 16:32
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tar remover is so good. auto glem
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24th January 2009, 16:35
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How about removing the Citroen sticker from the rear window?
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24th January 2009, 16:44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skippi90
How about removing the Citroen sticker from the rear window?
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Just peel it off and use some window cleaner on a cloth to get rid of the stickiness.
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28th January 2009, 02:07
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hair dyer and some elbow grease :Y:
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28th January 2009, 08:21
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best is just hair dryer and a wet cloth mate, thats all it takes.
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