Best Way to Removing Pin Strips?
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Best Way to Removing Pin Strips?
I did a search and only found someone who had a painted on pin strip that they wanted to take off. The car I'm picking up on Friday has either decal pin strips or sticker pin strips. Since this is an 08 I'm thinking it may be a bit more difficult to take either type off the car. So what is the best way to take either of these types of pin stripping. Is the hairdryer still the preferred method?
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Okay, I still haven't found the right product to remove pin striping from my G. I used the hairdryer method and the pin strip came off nicely. But the adhesive remained. So I tried Goo Gone, but after two minutes of letting it soak it wouldn't come off with mild/moderate rubbing. So i reapplied Goo Gone and waited 10 minutes. After heavy rubbing it started to somewhat come off, but I feel if I continued this method I would likely damage the finish. So then I tried Scotch #8984 adhesive remover using the same method as the Goo Gone. A slight amount of adhesive came off but again only under heavy rubbing. Then I tried WD-40. This worked a bit better than the Goo Gone, but I had to rub quite hard to get any to come off.
Is the bottom line that regardless the product, I'm going to rub heavily to get this crap off? Or is there a better option that I need to explore. I haven't tried the pin strip eraser suggested by speedracerg35. I'm thinking my last resort may be to take it to a body shop and have them remove it.
Any suggestions beyond what I've tried. I have a Porter Cable. Would wax on the white pad do any good? Since this is a black car, I'm really worried I will scratch the finish and make matters even worse!
Please help!
Is the bottom line that regardless the product, I'm going to rub heavily to get this crap off? Or is there a better option that I need to explore. I haven't tried the pin strip eraser suggested by speedracerg35. I'm thinking my last resort may be to take it to a body shop and have them remove it.
Any suggestions beyond what I've tried. I have a Porter Cable. Would wax on the white pad do any good? Since this is a black car, I'm really worried I will scratch the finish and make matters even worse!
Please help!
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Read on another thread to use a clay bar. So I gave it a try. On both the WD-40 and Goo Gone areas the clay bar worked well. But after cleaning the small area that I did I saw the finish was dramatically scratched and cloudy. OUCH!
Unless someone comes up with a better idea, I think I'm just going to say F-it and go to a body shop.
Unless someone comes up with a better idea, I think I'm just going to say F-it and go to a body shop.
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Okay, I still haven't found the right product to remove pin striping from my G. I used the hairdryer method and the pin strip came off nicely. But the adhesive remained. So I tried Goo Gone, but after two minutes of letting it soak it wouldn't come off with mild/moderate rubbing. So i reapplied Goo Gone and waited 10 minutes. After heavy rubbing it started to somewhat come off, but I feel if I continued this method I would likely damage the finish. So then I tried Scotch #8984 adhesive remover using the same method as the Goo Gone. A slight amount of adhesive came off but again only under heavy rubbing. Then I tried WD-40. This worked a bit better than the Goo Gone, but I had to rub quite hard to get any to come off.
Is the bottom line that regardless the product, I'm going to rub heavily to get this crap off? Or is there a better option that I need to explore. I haven't tried the pin strip eraser suggested by speedracerg35. I'm thinking my last resort may be to take it to a body shop and have them remove it.
Any suggestions beyond what I've tried. I have a Porter Cable. Would wax on the white pad do any good? Since this is a black car, I'm really worried I will scratch the finish and make matters even worse!
Please help!
Is the bottom line that regardless the product, I'm going to rub heavily to get this crap off? Or is there a better option that I need to explore. I haven't tried the pin strip eraser suggested by speedracerg35. I'm thinking my last resort may be to take it to a body shop and have them remove it.
Any suggestions beyond what I've tried. I have a Porter Cable. Would wax on the white pad do any good? Since this is a black car, I'm really worried I will scratch the finish and make matters even worse!
Please help!
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Ok guy, use your girl friend's/wife's hair dryer and hold appx 6 inches away from car, heat and peel real easy. Remember pinstripes is just vinyl with glue on the back side. Goo-gone or any adhesive remover from any autoparts store(autozone/advance auto) etcto remove the sticky residue that's left behind. A healthy coat of wax after since the goo-gone/adhesive remover will strip any wax on your car.
That's the same method I used to debadge my G35 and my Yukon denali. It's proven. I had a heat gun though. (Army guy so I needed to shine boots back in the days)
That's the same method I used to debadge my G35 and my Yukon denali. It's proven. I had a heat gun though. (Army guy so I needed to shine boots back in the days)