Trim and lettering removal
#1
Trim and lettering removal
This may be covered somewhere else but I couldn't find it. All the trim these days seems to be glued on and is a pain to remove. Any one have tips to remove trim with out damaging the paint underneath? I seen on British car show they where using what reminded me of a ring clip remover. You slide it under and squeeze it like pliers and it pulls the trim loose but it was on the old bolt on style. I haven't seen one in the local parts store and didn't know how to describe it to the employees to know what I'm talking about. Any help is welcome. Thanks
#2
Well, being an old school collision repair guy from tech school, I've used a heat gun and a stiff piece of plastic that has been filed down on one edge. Made it look like a carpenters pencil. bout 6 inches long and about 1/4 inch thick. smoothed out the edges after filing plastic down and used it like a spatula while aiming a hair blower to it. Just wrm enough to touch for a brief moment. Then you just work it slowly til you get it started. After that you should get the idea. I actually got the piece of plastci from a local body shop that was stiff enough to hold and work with, without it bending like a spatula.
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15-20lb fishin string and an eraser wheel from an auto parts store. String takes the trim/letters right off and the glue comes off with the eraser. Then take a good cleanin to it with wax after
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