Stickers are the best decorative accessories for any cars. However, when they are old, things change. You may face dull colour stickers or ones with a lot of scratches and want to remove them. Lucky you! There are methods to completely remove the annoying car stickers making your car like a new one.
Age: Did you know that the longer your stickers are, the harder they can be removed? You can easily remove 3-months-old stickers with a plastic blade. Older car stickers need specific removal tools.
Weather: Being left under the sun is a factor that makes car stickers hard to remove. Because the heat changes the molecular structure of the adhesive on the sticker and makes it bonded to the car surface.
Sticker Price: Expensive stickers are easier to remove than the cheaper ones. This can be explained that expensive car stickers are made of higher grade vinyl that is more consistent and, thus, easier to get off; the lower priced stickers are usually made of inferior adhesive which is much hard to remove.
a car with a lot of stickers
Whizzy Wheel:
Made of soft rubber and aim to wear away the stickers,
Hair Dryer:
Heat the sticker to loosen the bond between it and the surface for easier removal,
Plastic Razor blade:
Gets under the sticker and peel it off
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Whizzy Wheel:
Pros:
Outdone for large-sized car stickers
The best option for car stickers heated under the sun
Not harm to Factory Finished painted surfaces
Con’s:
Requires a standard home drill to operate
Incompatible with plastic surfaces
Using Whizzy wheel for large stickers is a great idea
Hair Dryer:
Pros:
Works excellently with new decals
Costs nothing except electricity if you have a hairdryer at home
Cons:
Not functions really well on old baked decals
Slow when operating on large surfaces
Hairdryer costs nothing if you have one
Plastic Razor Blade
Pros:
Overdone on plastic or wooden surfaces
Best for small areas
Con’s:
Not function on old baked decals
Very slow when operating on large surfaces
Using a plastic razor plate to remove car stickers
Whizzy Wheel
Unpack your Whizzy Wheel.
Install the Whizzy Wheel on your available home drill by using the arbour supplied.
Place the Whizzy Wheel on the surface of any decal, sticker, or vinyl* and turn on the drill.
*Whizzy Wheel can be used on up-to-55-year-old stickers
Hold your drill steadily and move along the surface that needs removal. You will soon have a smooth and sticker free surface.
When the car stickers are removed, the whizzy wheel will wear out and there will be rubber dust on the car’s surface. You just need to flick off this dust away and there will be no trace of sticker left!
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Hair Dryer
Take (or buy if you don’t have one) your hairdryer and plug it in
Turn the Hair Dryer on with max productivity!
Place your hairdryer about 7 – 12 centimetres away from the car sticker and move it back and forth
With the help of a plastic blade (like your ATM card), peel the car sticker off the surface
Note:
*Be careful when taking the car sticker as it can get very hot.
** Use a plastic blade together with a hairdryer for best efficiency
Plastic Razor Blade
Get the sharpest plastic blade for the best result
Place the blade under the sticker, start from its edges
Slowly move the blade under the car sticker and peel it off backwards
*The plastic razor blade does not function well on old stickers because they are usually attached tightly to the surface. Plastic razor blade functions best on wooden or plastic surfaces.
a person is carefully removing a car sticker
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1. NOT TO USE A METAL RAZOR Blade on painted surfaces because
You can easily cut yourself
You can easily damage the painted surface of your car
2. The painted surface around the car sticker may have faded. Therefore, whenever you remove the sticker, the painted surface underneath will look brighter.
3. When removing very old car stickers, adhesives can be left on the surface. Try to spend more time removing them as dust and dirt will stick to the surface and make your car look very dirty.
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