Decal removal - eraser wheel

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Straycat
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Decal removal - eraser wheel

#1 Post by Straycat » Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:26 pm

Hi Guy's, thought id pass along this tip, incase you have not heard of these.

for years I've used a razor blade & heat gun to remove decals, and everything from Alcohol, WD40, goo-gone, teatree oils, etc to remove adhesive.

"'Super-de-goooper" and "teatree" oil work pretty good on adhesive but the super-de-gooper is sometimes hard to find and teatree oil smell gives me a massive headache when I use it.

My paint guy recently gave me 2 "eraser wheels" to try and wow do they work well.

one is a hard rubber wheel (yellowish rubber) and one is a multi layer rubber/fabric (almost feels like its wax impregnated but is likely just rubber), these things rip off decals and adhesive with ease and dont damage the paint (unless you leave them in one place for too long, but they are very forgiving).

if you do a lot of bodywork, they are worth a try. available at your local auto body supply place, sometimes called "pin stripe eraser"

i just stripped a set of RGV Pepsi fairings and it took me 10% of the time it would have taken with my old method.
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Re: Decal removal - eraser wheel

#2 Post by steveho » Tue Jul 11, 2017 3:31 pm

Thanks for the heads-up.
Lots of 'decal erasers' on eBay, both US & UK, so easy to get hold of if you don't have a local paint shop. Already ordered mine!
Thanks again. :smt006

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