Hi all,

Trying to remove the glue left behind from the Subaru lettering on my boot. It's becoming a right pain in the hole! Anyone used any type of glue removing substance to shift it?

Thanks

 

Any decent tar remover would do the trick. I tend to use Tardis but have used Auto Glym Intensive Tar Remover before which is adequate and often available more readily from local motor factors.

 

WD40 and then baby wipes........

Shaun

 

White spirit, but t-cut & re-wax after.

 

I wouldn't use T-Cut myself as it's far too abrasive, but would definitely recommend a polish and wax/sealant after regardless of what you use to remove the glue.

 

I've used 3M Sticky Stuff Remover (can be found in Wilkos, Halfrauds etc. for about £3-5) or as said before, autoglym's intensive tar remover, just wipe a bit over the area on a cloth and leave it to lift the glue from the paint then give it a wash off

 

+1 for tardis

 

I tried all of the above and it was taking forever because it was so thick with foam/adhesive. In the end I got a kettle full of water and trickled it over one 'letter' at a time then with a scraper wrapped in plenty of layers of cloth rubbed the adhesive off whilst it was hot and maliable. Took a couple of goes for each one but came off a treat.

As someone else said wax afterwards but keep an eye on the scraper to make sure it doesnt wear through the cloth and straight into your paint! You have been warned!!!

 

My biggest issue was burning our lasses hairdryer out when I heated the glue up in the first place. Getting the residue off was a doddle compared to the bollocking I got.

 

Wd40 done it for me

 

while u steal the missus hair dryer also borrow some nail varnish remover, this is great at removing the glue

 

white spirit, then wash + polish with ultra deep shine worked for me

 

Allow time and plenty of elbow grease. Must of taken me at least an hour just to remove the residue from the Subaru lettering. Just stick at it.

 

looking good chris

 

Wd40 and your credit card to scrape it off

Petrol from the lawn mower if your brave

 

Cheers mate. Started a project thread on here.
https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...-worth-it.html

 

Easiest way is to dowse some kitchen roll or tissue paper in the tar remover, lay it over the area and leave it to soak for 5 minutes or so. Anything that's still stuck on after that should be fairly easy to simply peel off or gently rub off with a microfibre cloth.

That's how I did mine anyway.

 

Heated badges with mrs hair dryer,
Peeled off with fingers and nails as much as poss,
Re heated excess glue with dryer which helped peel off a little more,
Micro fibre cloth and a small amount of t cut with elbow grease at this point,
Then polish,
Then an old clay bar with detail spray,
Then more polish and wax. With the results as above. Like I say it's effort and patience more than anything.

 

a magic yellow tin called sticky stuff its amazing

 

I always use petrol,then polish and wax

 

Tissue & kettle water

 

Looks like Original poster has done a runner and we are all giving each other advice when we have all already de badged.

 

Just hope he is not going to ask about dump valves next