nRemoving stickers?
12-16-07, 02:54 PM
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Removing stickers?
I'm trying to restore an 80's Fuji and the previous owner placed a bicycle license sticker over the spot where the Fuji Quad butted emblem should be on the seat tube.
Is there a trick to getting these off?
Is there a trick to getting these off?
12-16-07, 03:34 PM
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I have the same problem -- "diagonal" full-Reynolds 531 sticker covered by a San Diego County bicycle license on Capo #2. WHY do people so frequently do this? I have not tried this yet, but others have claimed success with a hair dryer.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
12-16-07, 04:45 PM
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I just took some reflector tape off my Carlton stays yesterday with a heat gun. Heat up the stickers, scape with your thumbnail, burn fingers, clean residue with solvent. But it worked!
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12-16-07, 04:49 PM
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I've had success with a hair dryer/heat gun and a plastic scraper (whether a putty knife or a credit card). I've also used GooGone in combination with those previous two to remove glue residue. It takes time and elbow grease, and what's under the sticker is likely to be affected (discolored paint or trashed decal), but you'll get that annoying decal off.
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