Decal Removal - Pain In The Arsenal!

[hellmett]

I decided to remove the "SURF" decals on the bottom of both my passengers doors.

You know the ones, small, inoffensive and grey/silver in colour.

The were tatty, scraped, 16 years old and as I don't surf and never did I thought I'd get rid.

Anyhoo!

One came off a treat and the other, my GOD what a palaver!

It seemed as if somebody a laquered over it at one time.

I was left with a raised lip spelling "surf" and very, very visible!

The paintwork looks shitty so I tried some wet 1200 emery paper.

Nope, I now had a dull, shitty paintwork left!

I tried Farecla 10, T Cut and Scratch remover on a drill all to no avail.

I have succeeded in getting down to the primer in a few places, eeeeek!

What a bummer, all I wanted to do was remove the ###### things!!!!!!

I am now going to have to get a proper touchup done or get new decals to cover the frikin mess up!

Lessons Learned:

Surf stickers are coniving #######s!

Never spray over a sticker with laquer, to the person that did - You are a dick!

Apache, have you got any of your lovely decals for this spot mate?

Gary