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removing petrol cap cover things

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  • 20-04-2005 5:09pm
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    l337
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭


    Hey

    a friend of mine just bought a second hand car and it has one of those tacky chrome sticker things over the cover of the petrol cap... i cant think of a better way of explaining it but i'm sure you know what i mean.... I had a go at pulling it off by hand bit its stuck on there pretty tight and i didnt want to damage the paint job, didnt want to leave any sticky unpleasant looking residue either...

    anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of these?


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    #2
    greglo23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭greglo23


    heat it with a hairdryer and it should come off in one go.


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    l337
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭l337


    cool... hope he has a long extension lead


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    AlienGav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭AlienGav


    Hey l337 :D

    Page 79 of the Argos catalogue has a lovely red extension lead for only euro14.99.

    Ya gotta love Boards. All your problems sorted! :cool:


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    Con9903
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭Con9903


    Try spraying windex or WD40 in under the sticker to attack the glue, it worked for me


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,729 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    hope your friend got a good discount because of that yoke being on!


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    Squirrel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Squirrel


    Hair dryer and credit card, the hair dryer melts the glue and by using a credit card the sticker won't fall apart when it's being ripped off


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    fjon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭fjon


    I don't understand why people put those things on their cars - they look so tacky! It's like putting things on your bicycle spokes when you're a kid...


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    Bogger77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Bogger77


    fjon wrote:
    I don't understand why people put those things on their cars - they look so tacky! It's like putting things on your bicycle spokes when you're a kid...
    Hey,
    No need for that, putting things, like stickets, reflectors on bicycle spokes was a cool thing to be at. Unfortunately, it's not cool on cars, esp the black punto that's parked outside the window here in work.


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    #10
    Curran
    Registered Users Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    When i was removing badges form my car i used a hair dryer to soften the glue...pulled off the badge....sprayed the remaining glue with WD40....scrapped away the soften, greasy glue with an old credit car (old by the way ;) ) and then dried off the rest.....then had a colour restore and gave it a lil polish...good as new!

    That was for doing small badges.....image the fuel cap would be the same but take a while longer to melt the glue cos of the bigger surface area!
    Make sure you have the colour restorer to give it a rub after!


    Best of luck with it!!


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