How do you get the bloody Defender sticker off!

[fender22]

I must be bored! Have a nineties Deefer and hate the stripe Defender sticker on the sides. Has anyone removed there's, know how to go about it?

My paint condition is pretty good but I'm guessing if I pull the sticker off the paint underneath may be a different shade. Anyone had any luck doing this / know how to go about it?

[incisor]

hot air is your friend...

do a search you will find quite a few options...

[Mick_Marsh]

Try a paint stripper air gun. Get an adjustable one. Adjusting air flow and heat. (I also use it for covering model aircraft with heat shrink film.)
Start off heating gently.
I have used a hair dryer for removing stickers but the Defender sticker will have a stronger glue.

[BigJon]

. (I also use it for covering model aircraft with heat shrink film.)


Tell me more about your aircraft :). I have a few, but I don't fly anywhere as often as I would like.

[barney]

if you can find it, you can also use an orange oil de-glueing solution which will dissolve the glue, but the heat gun is the best. keep it away from the panel, you want just enough heat to warm the sticker and glue, if it starts to bubble, it's too hot or too close and you might remove paint as well. be patient with it and take your time.

[lardy]

use a boiling kettle of water and the edge of a scraper to start it off, once started keep splashing boiling water on and just pull it off doesn't effect the paint

[VladTepes]

I rolled my Defender and the panel shop took it off for me (of course the rest of the door went with it).

They ended up taking all the decals off for me though.


It's probably the expensive way of going about it.

[austastar]

Hi,
steam through a hose from the nozzle of a boiling pressure cooker may give enough heat and be a bit easier than hot water if you have access to one.
I have used this to steam off wall paper with success.
cheers

[Reads90]

I have always done it with the misses hair dryer works well.

Need to do my 110 but am worried about the colour difference of the paint under the stickers. Mainly due to the fact my 110 is green it would stand out a bit. But I am going to do it and if they are bad I am going to put new stickers back on as the ones I have are nackered anyway

Ali

[87County]

All of the above suggestions are probably fine and I only add this because it hasn't yet been mentioned.

We wanted to remove some of that after-market stick-on pin-striping from a S3 and the only method that was really useful was high-pressure water jet (a really high pressure commercial machine with a honda motor that we rented from Coates Coates Hire - equipment hire (http://www.coateshire.com.au/branchLocator.aspx) ).

In this case heat was not our friend - it turned this particular adhesive to an even harder to remove solid mass.

[Reads90]

All of the above suggestions are probably fine and I only add this because it hasn't yet been mentioned.

We wanted to remove some of that after-market stick-on pin-striping from a S3 and the only method that was really useful was high-pressure water jet (a really high pressure commercial machine with a honda motor that we rented from Coates Coates Hire - equipment hire (http://www.coateshire.com.au/branchLocator.aspx) )

Wow! And the paint and panels survived amazes me what with quality of land rover paint and spraying :-)


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[87County]

Wow! And the paint and panels survived amazes me what with quality of land rover paint and spraying :-)


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we were getting it ready for repainting - didn't cause any dents though :) - used at an acute angle along the "hip-line" of the S3 guards, doors & tub panels

[Mick_Marsh]

I took my Commodore into a hand car wash place. They used a pressure cleaner. They cleaned it so thoroughly, they washed the dirty paint off. Only the dirty bits.

Go the heat gun or hair dryer. If you want a respray, go all the way with Vlad's advice.

[Nathan]

I did this recently. Prepwash was the best stuff for removing all the goo left behind.

Orange/citrus cleaner did nothing.

Nathan

[fender22]

You guys that have done it, did you notice a difference in paint shade once you pulled it off? Mines white and paint is nice and shiny

[Marshall]

Just did it, and indeed, heat is your friend!

you can use those heat guns or hair dryers, or, you can wait until it's ridiculously warm, park your truck in the sun, and the stickers took about a half hour to peel off using nothing but fingernails and patience!

Afterwards, I could still see where the stickers were, I could even read "DEFENDER" that was until I got the cut & polish out... now I have shiny doors with no trace of the old stickers!
Good Luck!

[Nathan]

You guys that have done it, did you notice a difference in paint shade once you pulled it off? Mines white and paint is nice and shiny

Cut and polish did the trick. Can't really tell except for my front door where a previous owner had resprayed AROUND the sticker!!! :mad: Why would you do that!?!?

[martyjoy]

I did this using boiling water from the kettle.
Just pour the water on as you pull it off. Took no time really. Long part was waiting for the kettle to boil. Small bits of glue were left on here and there which i got off using the missus nail polish remover.

My car is alpine white and i had no discolouration once all the stickers were off.

Cheers Marty

[wrinklearthur]

I did this using boiling water from the kettle.
Just pour the water on as you pull it off. Took no time really. Long part was waiting for the kettle to boil. Small bits of glue were left on here and there which i got off using the missus nail polish remover.
My car is alpine white and i had no discolouration once all the stickers were off.


Hi Marty

Welcome aboard to the forum.

DIY sticker removal your way seems to be the go.

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[Didge]

Wow! And the paint and panels survived amazes me what with quality of land rover paint and spraying :-)


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Tree sap took the paint off my roof!!
and I concur with the hair dryer - works a treat if you're patient - get it hot and pull gently - easy peasy :)

[tyne]

I've got a 94 red truck and the colour difference is huge... White should come up pretty good. I tried heat with very little luck, good luck which ever way you go.

[barney]

Orange oil works well, it will disolve the glue and wont hurt the paint. If you spray the residue after the sticker is gone, it will disolve the remaining glue and allow you to wipe it off.

[jimb]

Think Vlad option is best.

If heat doesn't work then a 'caramel rubber grinding wheel is a good option. They have them at autobahn.

[lardy]

Piece of wee wee just use a boiling kettle and start a corner and then keep adding boiling water as it starts to cool