Good afternoon to all fellow Copen fans. Hope all is well with you? I'm just in the middle of fitting new number plates to Buzz. The original plates were fitted to him with mega strength adhesive pads that did not want to budge under any circumstances Anyway, I finally managed to get them off using brute force and ignorance. However, the vast majority of the pads stayed on Buzz, and I'm having a devil of a job removing them :-(( Can anyone offer any advice please? PhillandLin and Buzz.
If the glue is similar to the glue used on the badge, you can try a small bit of WD40 or lighter fluid. Do it in a small, inconspicuous, area first though.
I use spray on 'sticky label adhesive remover' funnily enough. Lol. It's also really good for cleaning handles on screwdrivers etc.
these seem to be essentially aliphatic hydrocarbons. I was going to suggest hexane if you can get any. it would probably not attack a paint surface if petrol is OK. Also try a splash on unleaded!
Another option is to use a hair dryer to heat the pads, I found this to be very effective at removing the number plate gunk. Obviously you want to exercise caution when using heat, so a hairdryer as opposed to a heat gun, it may be slower but gives more control.
dental floss to cut through it and petrol to remove remaining adhesive. Works when debadging so should be good for those pads too.
you want ot get some ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL ISOPROPANOL LIQUID 99.9%, its what i use to remove glue tabs when removing dents i cant get a bar to the pannel, its prob the best cleaning stuff you can get for removing vinyls, sticky stuff and decontaminating pannels before paint/plastidipping i use it all the time and makes quick work of that stick skank left over from stickers
Good evening to my fellow Copen fans. Hope all is well with you all? Wow! Thanks very much for all the hints and tips regarding my challenge with sticky foam number plate pads. Very much appreciated I decided that the best plan of attack was to warm them up first with Lin's hairdryer, and then give them a good soak of WD40. Left them for 10 minutes to allow the WD40 to penetrate, and then remove them with Elliott's old plastic library card. Worked a treat This left a perfectly clean surface for the new plates to be fitted. More news on that story next, when I've remembered how to upload photos. Cheers! PhillandLin and Buzz.
