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Post by 58hemifury on May 16, 2014 21:25:51 GMT -5
Anyone have a miracle vinyl top glue remover that they've used? I've been in the body business for over 20 years and never had to strip this stuff off before. I'm thinking (as is my paint rep) 3M specialty adhesive remover but that shit isn't cheap and a Monaco roof is several square acres. I'm hoping for a cheap alternative that may even work better.
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Post by flcl64 on May 16, 2014 21:58:58 GMT -5
Ever heard of Goo-Gone? That might work.
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Post by cynot on May 16, 2014 22:44:52 GMT -5
Grind it down to bare metal...thats what I had to do to my roof, trunk and hood because the surface rust was into the metal.
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 17, 2014 0:30:01 GMT -5
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Post by 58hemifury on May 17, 2014 5:08:46 GMT -5
Thanks Steam, I know better than to try to sand it off and I knew there had to be a cheaper solvent for removing it.
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Post by countrybunker on May 17, 2014 11:15:37 GMT -5
I used an orbital sander with 60, or 80 grit, and it came right off. Mine was very weathered, and dry though....
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Post by 58hemifury on May 17, 2014 13:37:12 GMT -5
I used an orbital sander with 60, or 80 grit, and it came right off. Mine was very weathered, and dry though.... Mine is still rather tacky, this car was garaged from the looks of it. |
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Post by cbody on May 17, 2014 20:35:21 GMT -5
Mine was tacky as well, and I just put regular old gasoline in a spray bottle and went to work. Spray a bit and let it soak for a few seconds and then wipe off with a paper towel/rag. Works fine, just keep enough rags on hand that every wipe uses a clean side otherwise you'll just end up spreading it around. I probably used a dozen blue paper shop towels in all. Not very EPA friendly but it was cheap and effective.
I've also used carb cleaner (spray can variety) in the past when they're more dried out, and it works well on the tacky stuff too, but it's more expensive than gas.
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Post by 58hemifury on May 19, 2014 19:33:20 GMT -5
Steam was right, a red scuff pad, some mineral spirits and a towel worked wonders! I did a pretty large test area in a couple of minutes and it wasn't very hard coming off. THANKS STEAM!
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 19, 2014 22:51:04 GMT -5
^ You're welcome! Keeping in mind I'm just the messenger, the info came from DanTwoLakes who is a moderator at Hotrodders.com. It sounds like it obviously worked well for you so it's definitely good info to have.  |
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Post by 58hemifury on May 20, 2014 20:48:17 GMT -5
I did the whole top with 3 terry cloth wash cloths, 1/2 a red scuff pad, and less than a pint of mineral spirits. I may need to use a little more to clean up the little balls of glue that are on the windows and all but I barely used any materials and the job took about 2 hours total.
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Post by oldcigarette on Mar 26, 2015 21:45:20 GMT -5
I got all of mine off with fire  I actually got pretty far with a razor blade but it's really easy to mess up. My paint wasn't real thick up there so I was just going to strip the rest with thinner and shoot primer afterwards but I didn't get to it. With the thinner up there it stripped right to the metal in short order. |
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Mar 27, 2015 13:40:17 GMT -5
Fire. Good one, lol. Rob |
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Post by tk826 on Mar 28, 2015 4:47:21 GMT -5
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