How to remove dry decals?

[Rockinar]

I need to remove these decals. They are super dry and crusty, dont peel off and scraping them with finger or razor scratches up the gelcoat too.

Any way to easily remove them? Heat gun? Acetone?

[disputin]

Try this decal removal wheel. Works like a charm.


Sean

[CharmCityBoater]

The wheel posted above, and this will do the job very quickly....

https://www.amazon.com/3M-38987-Spec...07&sr=8-4&th=1

[Rockinar]

Originally Posted by CharmCityBoater

The wheel posted above, and this will do the job very quickly....

https://www.amazon.com/3M-38987-Spec...07&sr=8-4&th=1

Totally forgot about those. I have actually used the 3M wheel before to remove decals on a truck. Worked great.

[thomm225]

I always just use my sander to remove dry decals.

In my case it doesn't matter that I don't use a super high grit paper because I paint over the spot with left over cockpit paint.

For your gel coat, maybe wet sand with very high grit.

[marcjsmith]

heat gun to soften and a plastic scraper followed up with some spirits to clean up and residual sticky...

[Kettlewell]

heat gun to soften and a plastic scraper followed up with some spirits to clean up and residual sticky...

This is what I have done. GooGone works pretty well to remove boat number and letter sticky stuff. Then clean the surface with alcohol to get the GooGone off.

[sleepy]

heat gun!!! be careful of eraser wheels and cemicals may damage gelcoat or paint

[Cheechako]

Originally Posted by Rockinar

I need to remove these decals. They are super dry and crusty, dont peel off and scraping them with finger or razor scratches up the gelcoat too.

Any way to easily remove them? Heat gun? Acetone?

Heat gun carefully with a plastic scraper. If they are on with adhesive you will then need adhesive remover or WD40, or Goof Off to get the goo off.

[hlev00]

I tried one of the non-3M decal removal wheels and had no success on old decals. Maybe the original 3M would have worked better. I then tried a heat gun. Worked well but be very careful about turning the temp up to high in the hopes of speeding up the process. You can melt the gel-coat. Don't ask how I know.