Peeling off old stickers

[guanjie]

Hi guys,

 

tentatively i'm supposed to get a bike soon with a few huge stickers that i could do without.

 

how can i actually remove these stickers from the ferrings without the lacquer of paint peeling off along with the stickers?

 

or is my worry uncalled for?

[BlowToEnhance]

My experience of peeling stickers from new bike was no problem. I believed that the adhesives is yet to fully set in. Usually the stickers was not sprayed with laquer over it.

Had difficulties with older bike and the you see that the adhesives is stuck to the bike. But for this you could just use zippo fuel or diesel to wipe it off.

[LarryDK]

Its not easy. If the previous paintwork is not done well, the lacquar might peel off with the sticker, happened on me. If it is done well, then old stickers will come out with oil. No problem..

 

Its how the original paintwork is done.

[spenx75]

apply some heat(heat gun or hair dryer) to soften the adhesive, sticker shd come out easily but if the paint work beneath is not properly done then nothing can prevent the paint from peeling off. . .

 

[Strong Eagle]

WD 40 works pretty good in loosening old adhesive and I have never seen it hurt a paint finish.

[NeEd FoR SpEeD]

Bro i advice u to leave it as it is.. Gone thru a bad experience once, and my original paint work got chipped in the process..

[grime85]

Has anyone removed rims stickers before? Any useful solution to get rid of it fast?

My bro just bought a bike and he wants to take off the stickers. We tried to peel but it's very very taxing.

[MiddleAgedBiker]

Originally posted by guanjie@May 18, 2007 06:30 pm

Hi guys,

 

tentatively i'm supposed to get a bike soon with a few huge stickers that i could do without.

 

how can i actually remove these stickers from the ferrings without the lacquer of paint peeling off along with the stickers?

 

or is my worry uncalled for?

Shocker:

 

Stickers hide defects, cracks and scratches on fairings!

 

Make the previous owner remove the stickers before selling it to you. It's SOP for me when buying a bike, I'll never buy one without seeing what's hidden under those stickers.

 

Trust, but verify!

 

[guanjie]

thanks for ur help guys..

 

i bought this goo stuff from homefix and it was supposed to work.

 

however i ended up buying another bike which won't require that much care in peeling lol. i'll be needing this goo stuff though

 

i'll keep this thread updated for the sake of any bros whom might encounter the same problem.

 

cheers!

[Splatted]

lighter fluid is supposed to remove stickers & adhesives off most thing without leaving any staining or marking. This even includes books.

 

Just make sure the bike is cold.

 

Another option for removing resins/glues is eucalyptus oil - though, I'm not sure what affect this has on a paint finish.

[seatiger]

Hi, I recently got a TW and there is a big patch of blue sticker on my fuel tank. The material is pretty thick and rough and it is not deco or design. Could it be a repair for a crack in the tank? Is there such a repair method?

 

I plan to respray my tank so I am worried if I take out the sticker, the tank will leak.

[guanjie]

lighter fluid is supposed to remove stickers & adhesives off most thing without leaving any staining or marking. This even includes books.

 

Just make sure the bike is cold.

 

Another option for removing resins/glues is eucalyptus oil - though, I'm not sure what affect this has on a paint finish.

 

i think lighter fluid is used for removing young and mild adhesives.. ive tried on old adhesives and it wont work

[guanjie]

Hi, I recently got a TW and there is a big patch of blue sticker on my fuel tank. The material is pretty thick and rough and it is not deco or design. Could it be a repair for a crack in the tank? Is there such a repair method?

 

I plan to respray my tank so I am worried if I take out the sticker, the tank will leak.

 

hmm.. check with the shop thats gonna do ur paintwork?

[guanjie]

thanks for ur help guys..

 

i bought this goo stuff from homefix and it was supposed to work.

 

however i ended up buying another bike which won't require that much care in peeling lol. i'll be needing this goo stuff though

 

i'll keep this thread updated for the sake of any bros whom might encounter the same problem.

 

cheers!

 

product is goo-gone, $9.90 from homefix for a small bottle of 100ml i think.

 

i've finally tried it on my winshield.. outcome wasn't very good.

 

though i have to admit it got its job done of having to remove a very difficult stretch of adhesive stain, it somehow caused a discolouration of my windshield. hence i guess the best alternative is to tint the windshield.

[seatiger]

hmm.. check with the shop thats gonna do ur paintwork?

 

Thanks for the reply! But I am going to spray myself.

[lionfuR-]

had a hard time peeling stickers man..

some stickers are easy, juz use wd 40..

some stickers are damn hard to peel off, those adhesives are like those tried up superglue kind.. had to rub the adhesives off.

[Ettaque]

actually its more worrying abt the two-tone colour thats left when u peel off the stickers..

looks funny leh..