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Offline markyp

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removing decals without damage
« on: March 11, 2012, 09:58 AM »
ok peeps we all know the hair dryer technique for removing decals but if they are really old they tend to get distorted under heat either stretching or shrinking rendering them useless to scan to reproduce,so ladies how does one remove them without totally fookin em up,at least good enough to reproduce????? :-\
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Re: removing decals without damage
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2012, 10:10 AM »
I have used lighter fluid to good effect Mark, it slowly disolves the glue.  Only problem is that it is potentially dangerous so no having a ciggy and the fluid will make the skin on your fingers turn white (until you wash them).

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« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2012, 10:22 AM »
I had to do this a while back. This might help :daumenhoch:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=125497.0

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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2012, 10:37 AM »
cheers chaps,del has pm'd me about the lighter fluid technique,wont it damage it at all though :-\
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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2012, 10:54 AM »
no its only disolves the adhesive, the decal will be fine unless you do it near a naked flame  ;D

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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2012, 11:17 AM »
no its only disolves the adhesive, the decal will be fine unless you do it near a naked flame  ;D
ok del,you is da man,are you any good with jigsaw puzzles :LolLolLolLol:
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« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2012, 11:45 PM »
no its only disolves the adhesive, the decal will be fine unless you do it near a naked flame  ;D
ok del,you is da man,are you any good with jigsaw puzzles :LolLolLolLol:


Hang on, why is Del the man considering I posted the same thing.  Why am I not the man also  :knuppel2: ;)

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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2012, 04:16 PM »
no its only disolves the adhesive, the decal will be fine unless you do it near a naked flame  ;D
ok del,you is da man,are you any good with jigsaw puzzles :LolLolLolLol:


Hang on, why is Del the man considering I posted the same thing.  Why am I not the man also  :knuppel2: ;)
ok sean you can be da man too if you want :-*
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Re: removing decals without damage
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2012, 04:45 PM »
it just dawned on me that to get the lighter fluid to disolve the glue you need to have lifted the decal off slighty?is this correct? otherwise how do you get it underneath the decal to disolve it :-\
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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2012, 06:57 PM »
yep bit of fluid on the edge of decal and scalpel blade to just lift the edge a tad then seriously gently does it .if seen del do quite a lot of these and the trick is patience and fluid ,slowly slowly

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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2012, 11:42 AM »
If this technique is used, how can the decal be reapplied if the adhesive is gone?

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« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2012, 12:50 PM »
If this technique is used, how can the decal be reapplied if the adhesive is gone?

it cant (well not very well anyway) this method is used so they can be scanned or sent to someone for reproducing.

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« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2012, 12:56 PM »
Got you. Thanks.

Does the hairdryer technique render the decal unsable too? Could it be reapplied if taken off with care without stretching? I've never tried and just wondered out of interest.

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« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2012, 01:00 PM »
the hairdryer makes removal easier by heating up 7 softening the adhesive, the only trouble i find is that it also makes the actual decal extrememly soft and prone to stretching, although application of heat again should cause the decal to return itself to near is normal size... it'll stil be sticky and you probably be able to use it again but it wont look too great.

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« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2012, 01:57 PM »
bang them in the over afterwards and have some shrinkydink decals  ;D

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« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2012, 02:00 PM »
bang them in the over afterwards and have some shrinkydink decals  ;D

Didn't know stickers had an 'over' and why would you want to bang them in it  :D
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« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2012, 02:01 PM »
Doh!  meant Oven  >:(
 

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