(Topic ID: 22754)
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Apply Goo Gone with a brush the has some fairly stiff nylon bristles; slowly work the Goo Gone between the ramp and sticker; final clean with alcohol (use some on the ramp too).
Apply new decal wet with a little Windex to position it exactly right; gently squeegee out the excess with a credit card.
I would be careful using any type of stiff brushes on ramps as they can scratch fairly easily. The key is simply weakening the decal enough and then old fashion elbow grease to remove it! If you really want it to look great definitely flame polish the ramp before applying the new decal for that glass look finish!
Wow, different answers ! I get a can of dust off and turn it upside down and freeze them .They will come right off.
Jim
Quoted from rgb635:I would be careful using any type of stiff brushes on ramps as they can scratch fairly easily.
No problem at all using a nylon brush if you're careful; same for using a heat gun--many way to skin this cat as Jim mentioned.
The key is to be careful during removal.
Thanks for the help. I'll probably heat gun it then 3m adhesive remover. i have both of these. Ill post the results soon. I've yet to flame polish anything yet. Ill need to do this on some junk ramps first to learn how. Of coarse i bought these ramps when new ones were hard to find. Now every supplier has them.
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I finally was able to this done. The decal came of easily with no heat and no freeze spray, just peeled it off. It did leave the adhesive, which i used Goo Gone. After adhesive was removed and ramp cleaned, I sprayed windex on the ramp and decal, positioned decal, squeegeed out the windex and let it sit over night. Even though all the liquid was out, the decal would slide around. Thus the over night. Thanks for you help !! 
Sydney
Mississauga, ON
Quoted from Atomicboy:I second the freeze spray and goo gone. You can get a decal off clean for re-use with freeze spray.
Interesting!
Do you reactivate the adhesive with some heat before re-applying, or is there some spray adhesive you use?
I might have to do this soon with a raised decal that cannot be reproduced.
Quoted from Drano:Interesting!
Do you reactivate the adhesive with some heat before re-applying, or is there some spray adhesive you use?
I might have to do this soon with a raised decal that cannot be reproduced.
No, you remove the old adhesive and use 3M 467MP adhesive to replace it.
Quoted from johnwartjr:No, you remove the old adhesive and use 3M 467MP adhesive to replace it.
Yeah, the freeze spray lifts the decal and doesn't leave much glue. Then double sided adhesive, I'll have to see if I can find this stuff though, haven't heard of it, but it's usually a 3M project that wins.
I got my last roll from pinrestore.com I think.. I've been using it a LONG time.
It comes on a roll with masking paper on one side.
I've just used some of that 3M stuff and wasn't really that happy with the result. There are areas where the glue wasn't even on the roll, leaving patchy areas when the decal is refitted. Also thousands of micro air pockets, didn't matter how hard I tried to press it down, and how slowly the decal was rolled back on.
I think we actually use it at work in our graphics department. We apply it on a heat press. Not sure if that would make it more uniform. I'll give it a shot since my application is the rod decal on FT and it's applied top down.
Thanks!
Quoted from system11:I've just used some of that 3M stuff and wasn't really that happy with the result. There are areas where the glue wasn't even on the roll, leaving patchy areas when the decal is refitted. Also thousands of micro air pockets, didn't matter how hard I tried to press it down, and how slowly the decal was rolled back on.
Had the same issues/problem. Would love to know of a better solution myself.
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