Removing sign writing from van?

[Rich]

Hello everybody! Been a while since i have posted, sorry about that. I hope you are all well.

I want to remove the sign writing from my van in order to sell it, any thoughts on the best way of getting it off?

 

[Ian]

Heat it up with a hair dryer first Rich, comes off easy peasy!

 

[Rookery]

Or do it on a hot day. So that'll be next year then.

 

[Marksmithtiling]

Heat it up with a hair dryer first Rich, comes off easy peasy!

Then a good T Cut and its as if it was never there

 

[Ian]

It's not painted on is it Rich? If so, I'd advise tippex :lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

ive heard a wall papper stemmers good too..

 

[Colour Republic]

Mt muscle oven cleaner... I kid you not

 

[Andy Allen]

Mt muscle oven cleaner... I kid you not

thats a new one on me, dont take the paint off dose it?

 

[kilty55]

hairdryer for me works

 

[Colour Republic]

thats a new one on me, dont take the paint off dose it?

A family member use to have a van sales business back in the early ninetys and that is all they ever used, they would buy it by the pallet full!!

So unless they have changed the formula or the paints have drastically changed it should still work a treat, a quick search shows train modellers use it to remove decals off their trains

 

[Andy Allen]

A family member use to have a van sales business back in the early ninetys and that is all they ever used, they would buy it by the pallet full!!

So unless they have changed the formula or the paints have drastically changed it should still work a treat, a quick search shows train modellers use it to remove decals off their trains

your really the train modeller aren't you, dont worry i won't tell...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Colour Republic]

your really the train modeller aren't you, dont worry i won't tell...:smilewinkgrin:

My solicitors shall be contacting you in due course. Libelous comments will not be tolerated:incazzato:

 

[DHTiling]

Yep, hair dryer is the quickest method imo.. and a good polish up..

 

[Dan]

My mate's a valeter and he offers this as a service, he uses a heat gun (blower type not flame) which I guess is just a hotter hair dryer. Falls off the van nearly he says.

He bought an old RAC van that had the thick white stripes on the back, trying to pick it off cold was pulling his nails off his hands, got the heat gun and got the lot off in about half an hour. He had a lot of glue left on the van around the edges of where the stickers were and he just used a polish to polish it off.

He did need to go over it all with a buffer in the end because where the stickers had been was all clean and like new, and where they hadn't been were lots of tiny typical swirls and small scratches from general use and every day cleaning etc and it stood out.

Probably wouldn't get that so much with sign writing though.