Front plastic peeled off
We have a friend with an older motor home where the plastic covering on the front has yellowed and looked very bad. They got the plastic stripped off but half of the underlying glue lremains. Anyone...
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Nail polish remover is mostly acetone.
What is sold as lacquer thinner also has methanol, toluene and some other organic solvents. Depending on the adhesive, that may or may not work, but depending on the finish, lacquer thinner can make a real mess of what is underneath, can act as paint remover for some finishes.
A whole lot depends on what is the adhesive, and what is the finish under the adhesive. Sometimes adhesives are susceptible to petroleum distillates (like tar and bug removers) that have no effect on modern automotive finishes, or pine oil solvents (e.g. natural turpentine).
A caustic paint remover would almost certainly get the adhesive off, but would probably also remove the finish, and if what is underneath is not steel or aluminum, eat into that as well. When refinishing aluminum, we would eat down to the metal, but I don't think that is what you want here.
But I don't know the finish, I don't know the adhesive, so solvent suggestions for your case are just a WAG. You've tried citrus oils (GooGone) and acetone (nail polish remover) with no effect, and probably no damage. I would be inclined to move toward heavier hydrocarbon solvents (naptha, turpentine) in my experimentation, because these are less likely to damage the finish, but a shop that does these coverings probably knows a lot more about what might have been used.
What is sold as lacquer thinner also has methanol, toluene and some other organic solvents. Depending on the adhesive, that may or may not work, but depending on the finish, lacquer thinner can make a real mess of what is underneath, can act as paint remover for some finishes.
A whole lot depends on what is the adhesive, and what is the finish under the adhesive. Sometimes adhesives are susceptible to petroleum distillates (like tar and bug removers) that have no effect on modern automotive finishes, or pine oil solvents (e.g. natural turpentine).
A caustic paint remover would almost certainly get the adhesive off, but would probably also remove the finish, and if what is underneath is not steel or aluminum, eat into that as well. When refinishing aluminum, we would eat down to the metal, but I don't think that is what you want here.
But I don't know the finish, I don't know the adhesive, so solvent suggestions for your case are just a WAG. You've tried citrus oils (GooGone) and acetone (nail polish remover) with no effect, and probably no damage. I would be inclined to move toward heavier hydrocarbon solvents (naptha, turpentine) in my experimentation, because these are less likely to damage the finish, but a shop that does these coverings probably knows a lot more about what might have been used.
