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skikman
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PostPosted: 18:23 - 04 Jan 2014    Post subject: what's the best way to take off glue[from carbon fibre wrap] Reply with quote

hi all.ive bought a yamaha fj1200 that has been sprayed matt black and carbon fibre wrap stuck on[badly].im going to pull off wrap and respray.before i start pulling.will there be glue left behind?what's the best way to get it off before sanding?will i need to prime if im going to gloss black it?
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Nobby the Bastard
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PostPosted: 18:57 - 04 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nail-varnish stripper.
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MartQ
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PostPosted: 00:54 - 05 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lighter fluid, zippo type, not aerosol gas - shifts any type of sticky mess and won't melt paint where nail varnish remover probably will.
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skikman
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PostPosted: 01:09 - 05 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

MartQ wrote:
Lighter fluid, zippo type, not aerosol gas - shifts any type of sticky mess and won't melt paint where nail varnish remover probably will.

thanks.thats what i was thinking about the nail varnish remover.prob a bit to strong.
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PostPosted: 01:55 - 05 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it's proper vinyl wrap, nothing will be left behind.

Use a hairdrier to heat up the wrap as you peel it off. If you don't, you'll land up picking little pointy strips off one at a time. If you heat it up a little first so it's flexible, you'll be able to slowly peel huge sheets off.

Take this from someone who has personally wrapped his petrol tank with carbon effect wrap then 6 months later peeled it off and replaced it with orange.
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PostPosted: 08:21 - 05 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
Take this from someone who has personally wrapped his petrol tank with carbon effect wrap then 6 months later peeled it off and replaced it with orange.


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PostPosted: 12:55 - 05 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheCatSatOnTheMat wrote:

Sick


It amuses me. It costs about a tenner to change the colour of my petrol tank using cheap vinyl wrap so I try different things periodically. I try to make them as tasteless as possible in order to thumb my nose at the cleaning and polishing brigade.
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PostPosted: 18:46 - 08 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do vinyling at work and use citrus cleaner - it's non solvent based and smells nicer on your hands than zippo fluid!
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