Removing decals

WD-40 and a little elbow grease on the sticky stuff.

If used carefully and smartly, common gasoline will remove the glue.

If you don't have any common sense, don't use it.

Just wet it and take a putty knife or razor blade and scrapes right off. A little Goo Gone finishes the job to remove the residue.

WHIZZY WHEEL

No decal, no glue, not a scratch, just super clean surface.
High speed drill, safety glasses and a dusk mask required.

bpadamson wrote:
But-- a 10 year old decal on our fiver is a whole other story.

YES! I had a difficult time removing 10 year old decals on my fiberglass sided trailer. I tried a heat gun and that was a painful experience as the decals kept breaking off in very small pieces... let's just say it became very frustrating.

I ultimately ended up buying some Vinyl-Off and used that in conjunction with Plastic Double Edged Razor Blade and Titan Scraper. The Vinyl-Off works very well if the temperature conditions are met. Meaning, use it with direct sun-hit and in temps greater than 65f. I found that if the temps decreased, I needed to use a heat gun to keep the surface temp adequate. It was amazing how well the stuff worked on older vinyl decals as it softens up the "glue" and allows large sections of decal to be removed without breaking into small sections. You can then use Vinyl-Off to completely remove the glue from the decals. Be aware that you will need to wax after.

BTW, if you go with Vinyl-Off, hopefully you can find smaller containers than 1 gallon. On a 30 ft TT with a fair amount of decals on all sides, I only used about 1/4 gallon of the stuff.

Heat gun or a warm day works great on new decals. It was simple to pull the ones off my wife's new Subaru. But-- a 10 year old decal on our fiver is a whole other story.

Removing the decals with a heat gum is the easy part, removing the glue left behind is the hard part. I used a razor blade tool and got off a lot more. Takes a little longer but you get most of the glue off with it. Then just use some Goo-Gon cleaner to get the rest of the glue. I used this method on a 34 foot Motor Home.

Heat gun is all I have ever used

Pressure washer works very well. Don't ask me how I know.

Use a heat gun held about 10" away, then just pull them off.
Very easy and the quickest way I found. Nothing to clean up either.