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05-16-07 | 05:22 PM

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Mchaz

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From: Central, Ok

Bikes: 2007 Surly Long Haul Trucker 54cm (Commuting/Wanna' go tour so bad), 1985 Trek 670 21" (Road), 2003 Gary Fisher Tassajara 17" (MTB), Cannondale DeltaV 600 (commuterized MTB), some junker bikes in my garage

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Originally Posted by hairlessbill

I removed one of the big 'Surly' stickers on my downtube but it left a shadow on the paint. Like I can see the paint is a little darker around the outline of the removed stickers. Tried Goof-Off and Goo-Gone with no success. Suggestions?

Sounds like the part of the frame that was under the decal just needs to get dirty enough to match the rest.

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