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6pac
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Mar 13, 2016

Decals

Has anyone tried to remove the decals on the front of the camper? If so how did you do it?
  • Same here...I used a heat gun on low heat setting and Safe Blades MS 103(its a plastic blade that will not damage the fiberglass finish)Also bought 3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover#08984...bought all from Amazon. It was a breeze to remove all the graphics from my 2005 Toyhauler. The only set back was paying $1200 for the OEM graphics material. I installed it myself after watching 300 Youtube installation videos. Installation came out excellent as long as you take your time and plan properly. Its best to do the installation on a warm day. At that time we were living in Florida so warm days was not an issue. lol
  • Thanks Ben for the tip. I've never done it before either and I should consider doing this soon so this article from TCM will come in handy when I attempt this kind of project.
  • Heat gun and razor blade if they're pliable enough to scrape off in big pieces.
    Eraser wheel if not. Note eraser wheel will burn fiberglass/gel coat quicker than paint on steel, IMO but it's doable.
    Acetone, prep sol etc to remove the leftover glue.
  • I used a heat gun to remove the "Outback" decals on my trailer and then used acetone to remove the glue residue.
  • I removed a lot on our camper-using old hair drier-dont scorche.
    It was almost new (14 years ago) I can still see where some of them were, thouhg still looks better imo.
    On your 05 just to be aware-the coloration differance may be alot on the nose. Id start small somewhere to see if its something you can live with..