Removing baked on cellotape

[Quint]

Put some cellotape on some holes i had in my car (ex spoiler holes). The cellotape in question is about 50mm in width and alot heavier than paper stuff, but its become baked onto the paint, i thought a good rub with prepsol would remove it, but nay, not to be so.

Anyone know wtf to use or how to get the shit off without ruining the paint? :/

[Silent Knight]

Heat gun... or if you don't have one a hairdryer should work.
Get it nice and hot and use a razor and very carefully start lifting it from the corner as it gets hot enough...

[Quint]

Yea, worried about bubbling the paint, which would make me a wee bit antsy :p

[EVL GSXR]

Thats why a hair dryer is the better option.
I removed both sides of factory graphics on my old hilux with a hair dryer and didn't do any damage apart from melting the hair dryer from prolonged use

[Akane]

Prestone bug & tar.

I used that on my MR2 which the fags at "Airport Vechicle services center" has cellotape (the brown ones, like packing tape) has left on my MR2 and baked under the hot hot sun for 1 full summer.

It's the shizzle dizzle my nizzle.

[flygt4]

as above, bug and tar remover, even used it to remove spraypaint from my old car after some dropkick tagged it

[Quint]

Awesome, off to town to find some then i guess.

The heat gun wasn't really doing its job very well, and i got a little bit enthusiastic with the razor blade... poor paint :'( (luckily its under the spoiler mounts, woo!)

[B ROWDY]

Thats why a hair dryer is the better option.
I removed both sides of factory graphics on my old hilux with a hair dryer and didn't do any damage apart from melting the hair dryer from prolonged use

It doesnt surprise me that you have a hair dryer Muzz ~ Pretty Muzzy

Razor blades can be tricky QUINT, try your local friendly emo, they are pretty nifty with one

[EVL GSXR]

Trust you man it was the old ladies man!
Worked a treat bar melting it

[flygt4]

there is also a 3m product called de-solv-it which is great for getting adhesive off afterwards. we used it on our work vehicals when we changed address and had to change all the stickers.

[Quint]

Neither options is working the sellotape is still stuck on the car, in one place i've even utterly $&#$% the paint with the heat gun, its a nightmare, spent the last several hours scrubbing at it with that bug and tar stuff, wont even touch it.

at this rate i'm going to have to sand. Which of course, i absolutely DO NOT want to do, otherwise, MORE PAINTING which id rather not... ever tryed to feather. $&#$% horrible.

[Akane]

What a nub.

[flygt4]

use a grinder , i promise itll get the tape off

[gordon77]

try de-solv-it (spelling) as above - it removed baked on polyurethane from my car just a few hours ago

[XERO]

I have done this a fair bit as a sign writer...

Use a heat gun and heat the whole surface of the sticker, just until its hot enough not to touch. This will melt the glue underneath the top layer... Using the edge of a bluntish blade lift the corner of the sticker/tape... Try and pull the whole sticker/tape off at once... keep the surface you are taking off hot with a heat gun as this will keep the sticker/tape softer and not brittle, which will make it break/tear eaiser...

Once the sticker is off, use turps or similar to soften the glue and keep wetting it... Using a plastic scraper or something (something that is not going to scratch the hell out of your paint), scrape the surface back and forth and the glue and sticky residue will come offf in lumps...

Hope this helps

[samlloyd]

there is also a 3m product called de-solv-it which is great for getting adhesive off afterwards. we used it on our work vehicals when we changed address and had to change all the stickers.

This stuff is also good for sticky stuffon your dashboard COKE ETC,

Smells like oranges

[FXGTV]

I imagine trying to get lucky in an aw11 would also lead to a sticky dashboard situation.

[Chickenman]

sw20 aint any better