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Hi

can anyone advise the best way to remove glue residue left on a wild willy 2 shell where the original decals have peeled off? i cannot seem to just clean it off using soap and water and was wondering the best way to remove it avoiding any chemical reactions before repainting.

Regards

I was thinking aceton-free nail polish remover or alcohol myself but this is an interesting page :

www.ehow.com/vi...ckers.html

Looks like cooking oil (#4) could be worth a try.

I can give an honest answer: Benzine. I use it on all my bodies before respray, to get the sticker residue off. Infact I just cleaned my Bullhead shell yesterday with benzine, and it got all the sticky muck off. and it provides a nice matt finish on the paint for the primer to adhere to.

i use Autoglym glue and tar remover its perfect just wash shell with hot soapy water afterwards:woohoo:

Reading this back, I think cooking oil is only meant for paper decals...

I use White Spirit to remove glue residue.
Please note that it might also take some of the paints, but will not attack plastic.

-Lars

yep whight sprirt is what i use as well;)
if its lexan shell be sure to not get it underneath on paint but it sure does the job

( advise gloves not good for hands )

I always use wd40 works fine

WD40 - takes almost any sticker goob off & won't attack anything else (Good at removing chewing gum too!). Methylated spirit (The purple stuff) works on some sticky, but it will wipe permanent marker, letraset, waterslides etc. Dabbing with the sticky side of a piece of masking tape can sometimes work with delicate stuff like boxes & manuals etc