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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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removing square dot fade strip? frustrating

hey all i ordered a new decal kit from phoenix graphics and its awesome and i love it so far, but trying to get this square dot strip off the bottom is turning out to be one of the most frustrating processes ive ever encountered... i have all the other decals on nicely, but i can't seem to remove this strip at even a snails pace...ive been using like hairdryer and other stuff and some random adhesive remover...as well an exacto knife..to slowly peel away. what would you guys reccommend or is this a process thats just going to be one of those things that ill have to slave through?
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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Re: removing square dot fade strip? frustrating

Use a hot air gun, not a hairdryer. You can pick one up cheap one at lowes/HD for about 10-15 bucks.

Goo gone works great once you've gotten TO the adhesive that's often left behind, but won't do much until then.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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Re: removing square dot fade strip? frustrating

awesome thanks i was thinking about an hot air gun, ill give it a shot...but shouldn't i be careful then and make sure otherwise won't it hurt the paint?
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Old Sep 13, 2008 | 08:05 AM
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Re: removing square dot fade strip? frustrating

when a shop took mine off the used a "rulon"wheel on a drill and took it off that way .
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