How to remove vinals?

[ectraz]

Anyone have any ideas, Want to remove the horrible 4Runner writen down the side of my truck

[trev1968]

i used a heat gun but dont hold it too close and burn paint or very hot water and peal slow use a plastic scraper to lift it or just pull it will come off slow and take time to do then polish off the glue left spirit wipe is good for this bit have fun

[hiroler]

I used a caramel wheel from eBay worked a treat if it's a large sticker you might need 2 of them

[pops]

Mr

flame thrower

[mud skipper]

hairdryer to remove the sticker
petrol/thinners to remove residue
t-cut to blend the faded bits in
polish to make it shinny
lots and lots of mud to hide the mess you made of it

[JUDWAK]

i used a hot kettle and a steamer the same thing that gets wall paper off
keep hot water away from the door handles its turns them white

then a good tcut after the sticker has been removed

[TonyN]

I find mud works the best.

[dieselboy]

I ordered one of those caramel wheels from ebay and used it yesterday to remove the pink / blue SURF sticker down the sides of my truck. Took me all of around 20 minutes. Needed a hose down afterwards as there was rubber everywhere.

If you are going to look for a Caramel wheel, I found searching for that exact thing was pretty much useless. It seems all of the auto forums know them as Caramel wheels when in fact painters and auto repairers know them as Toffee wheels.

Here is an Ebay link to the wheel I bought. Just remember to not let the drill spin too fast. Max RPM is 4000 which isnt very fast. I found the wheel to get quite warm and at one point I smelt burning rubber so I slowed it down some more. I didn't mark any paint work but there is the risk of burning the paint.
Here's that link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toffee-Stripe-...item5190fc2687

[ectraz]

thanks, i think i will give the steamer a hit when i get home tonight
if not toffee wheel it is.

[tintin]

heat gun, then petrol to get the residue off!

[joecuba]

It took me about 2 hours to remove the two small stickers from my spoiler! I would hate to think how long to do a big sticker, although that wheel thing looks like it works.

[dieselboy]

Took me about 15 minutes to get the whole of the surf sticker off the side of the Surf. Trust me, use one of those toffee wheels from ebay (around £5 plus postage) and use it on a variable speed drill and it pulls the sticker right off.

The speed on the drill I used was set to 3. This might have been 3000 RPM but it was very slow.
The wheel takes no effort and is very easy. You don't need to push or rub, the wheel does all the work.