Sticker Removal

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Have a job I'm bidding on to remove some large vinyl sticker on a building and was wondering how I can get the sticky off? The stickers themselves are not a problem but the sticky it leaves. You may say spray some stuff on and then scrape it off but I have a lot of surface and scraping is out of the picture. 5 sets of letters that are 8'x35' Any help????

[Russ Johnson]

D'limonene and lots of hot water.

[MeiersEnterprises]

Thats a tough one. I had to remove stickers from an aluminum box truck once. Had to use mineral spirits. Not much help to you though...

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Originally Posted by Russ Johnson

D'limonene and lots of hot water.

Does that work? Where do you get that at? Thanks!!!!

[Beth n Rod]

Wet them with hot water to remove the mass of the sticker.
Remove the remaining sticker residue with Goof Off...
Then wipe over that with degreaser to take the Goof Off residue.
We do a fair bit with stickers on construction cleaning jobs.
Beth

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now this goof off how do you apply that? Spray it on spray it off?? Hot water YES Yes!!

[Beth n Rod]

We apply Goof Off by hand. It is strong stuff, don't breath it in. As for the hot water, be careful how hot and how long you use it, you don't want to damage the vinyl, and hot water can do that.

We are used to removing stickers by hand, this is by-hand advice. Lots of elbow grease....
Beth

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I'll bet some elbow grease here We're talking 1200 sq. ft. of stickers here. The vinyl stickers are on metal siding.

[Beth n Rod]

I missed that....metal siding....what kind? It's not aluminum...is it? If it is....be very careful not to remove the finish. If it is similar to aluminum siding on a house I would also worry about a shadow. Is this new metal? Older metal? This sounds worse than I understood it to be...ick.
Beth

[Russ Johnson]

Citro Solv will get the glue from decals off a truck body. Spray it on, let it sit, rinse it off with hi psi hot water. Citro Solv is d'limonene based with some surfactant.

[FullBlast]

This Citra solv spray on spray off that is what I need, where you get this at? It has regular metal siding. Tin.

This pic is pretty far away but you can get the jist of it.

[Russ Johnson]

I'll call the factory Tuesday and see if there's an Ideal Chemicals distributor near you.

[Wallydog]

Have used eucalyptus oil on a rag and rub over the sticky patches and it comes right off and leaves an impressive smell. Comes off easily. Wallydog

[Crownroyal]

Wall paper remover?
I have taken stickers off my 6 trucks at the bakery we used to own and I used so many different things.
mineral sp, gas, stripper, goof off, citri clean, 200% vinegar, just to name a few.
The best thing I can say is to expect to be there a while with mineral spirits and a plastic scrapper. Maybe a couple of days, so price accordingly. Call a local screen shop to see what they will charge to take it off. Oh ya stretch your arms they will feel like they are going to fall off.
Good luck

[amwlawncare]

i would use products made for removing vinyl lettering & graphics..

but if the letters have been there for a long time then you will most likly see some "shadows" of the letters..