Warning Stickers

[Luckypants]

• Hair Dryer
• Peeled
• Petrol and rag to get rid of sticky residue.
• Autoglym polish entire area (has petroleum based carrier)
• Buff
• Admire

All mine except the large white one on tank came off first day using hair dryer but that last one would not budge. Few weeks later after leaving bike in hot sunshine all day it peeled right off with WD40 taking the residue left behind away

I starting taking my stickers off the tank about 5 weeks ago and it's still not off yet!!

I have had a hair dryer on it and it was burning my fingers it got so hot and the bloody sticker would only come off in 1mm by 2mm bits, after about 2 hours and hair dryer over heated and my fingers were red so I gave up with only about a 2cm removed.

I am going to try the suggestion of petrol socked rag to see if that works.

Originally Posted by DoubleD

I starting taking my stickers off the tank about 5 weeks ago and it's still not off yet!!

I have had a hair dryer on it and it was burning my fingers it got so hot and the bloody sticker would only come off in 1mm by 2mm bits, after about 2 hours and hair dryer over heated and my fingers were red so I gave up with only about a 2cm removed.

I am going to try the suggestion of petrol socked rag to see if that works.

Mine was just like that and i was very surprised the sum had made it peel off so easy....wasin strong sun for 6 hours

Originally Posted by Sevorg

Yep - Carbon copy of my actions. All stickers are off except rhs upper which is currently residing at about 82%. It looks a mess, tut. My old fella reckons a tub of black gloss over the lot should do the trick

Hey, did the petrol, rag, rub trick today. All sorted - it looks mint - thanks to all for the advice.

use the hair dryer trick and then take 3M polishing compound with a microfiber towel and take the glue off worked great for me i use it on the entire bike to make it look better but if you do use polishing compound put a coat of wax back on to protect it. I recommend Maguire's NXT wax

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

this is why mine are still on, they are a real problem to get the glue mess off.

WD40 works a treat mate

i just got off the tank one... i used the hair dryer, but now i have blisters on four of my fingers... then i used gasoline to get off the glue. i wont be tackling the other two until me fingers heal... lol

[dyzio]

Originally Posted by STRAMASHER

1. Boil kettle.

2. Pour on sticker.

3. Take sticker off and pour more on and use a lint-free rag to take the remaining glue off.

4. Admire better looking motorcycle. Less is more.



Works everytime metal, painted metal or plastic, old balance weight glue/foam on your wheels.

Will try the kettle today to get the glue off the tank...
won't boiling water damage the plastic fairing? I won't use a heat gun there.

I was using a heat gun, but half way through the tank sticker it came to me that I'm heating a tank with petrol with a heat gun

What temp. would you say is needed/safe?

regs

[dyzio]

Yes!!!
It worked!
The tank is silver again

One advice, if you're using boiling water:
wear at least 4 latex gloves