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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: seandyer2003 on February 14, 2009, 09:14:40 am

Title: Vinyl removal
Post by: seandyer2003 on February 14, 2009, 09:14:40 am

Howd you remove vinyl lettering from a van / trailer??

Title: Re: Vinyl removal
Post by: Nathanael Jones on February 14, 2009, 09:20:19 am

Very hoy water (Kettle hot) and peel it away.

There will be some residue left which you can polish away with t-cut,.. its hard work and very slow going doing it by hand tho.

Title: Re: Vinyl removal
Post by: seandyer2003 on February 14, 2009, 09:35:24 am

Cheers mate, i knew it would be :( thats my saturday !!!

Title: Re: Vinyl removal
Post by: Steve CM on February 14, 2009, 09:35:46 am

it is a slow process but i found a hair drier to be the best in getting most of the vynil and glue off in one go. you have to get the vynil nice and hot though.

you probably will have polish it out after. use a touch of G3 cutting compound to save your fingers from having Dye on them.

Also if the van is old becareful you don't peel the paint work off the van with the vynil.

Title: Re: Vinyl removal
Post by: cybersye on February 14, 2009, 09:41:51 am

if you have a cordless drill get a polishing disc for it, this will take the hard work out of getting the residue off with t cut or cutting compound, go easy with it though on a slow setting.

Title: Re: Vinyl removal
Post by: tomy jackson on February 14, 2009, 09:44:57 am

tar & glue re mover , or thiners for glue 10 minets

Title: Re: Vinyl removal
Post by: matt on February 14, 2009, 09:56:21 am

hair dryer

het it up really hot and it will just peal off without leaving much glue behind

Title: Re: Vinyl removal
Post by: seandyer2003 on February 14, 2009, 10:03:29 am

Cheers lads, its on a trailer, so not too worried about paintwork as it is some kind of plastic, fbreglass?