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my 99 ex came with a white stripe on the side of my car on opposite side. I want to remove it without taking off the paint and my friend told me to use a hair dryer. Is there any other ideas you guys have in removing this without taking it to someone to pay for?

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Yeah, try a hair dryer. I work for an autobody shop and end up working with alot of decals etc. We use heat guns there, but I would try the hair dryer method first, so you don't burn your paint... :P

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1. go to the pool store
2.buy a gallon of muratic acid
3.pour the whole bottle on your car
4.drink a 12 pack of miller high life
5.take a ----
6.hose your car off
7.that stripe should slide right off ;)

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:P hehehe, your a duoche

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what the hell? hahaha for a second i was taking you seriously.
I tried that but it leaves a sticky residue that makes it look like the white stripe is still on there! looks ghetto as ----

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that goo-gone stuff might help take the sticky residue off

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can i purchase that at an auto shop?

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ah I forget where they sell it at, they'd probly have it at wall-mart or somewhere like that. It comes in a bottle and is orange I think, I'll try to remember where I got some from

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ok i might just check at those two places just in case. as soon as you remember tell me asap thanks

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another tip if your doing it on an older car.. if its not white dont take the pin striping off because the paint fades bad and u can see the lines :D

with a 99 itll be fine, i just pry the edge up with a horizontal razor then use a heat gun and slowly pull, only takes a few min.

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hott ----. My boy told me it wouldnt be a good idea to do it in the cold weather though. is this true?

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Go to an autoparts store that has some autobody materials. You will find something called an eraser wheel. You can attach it to a cordless drill. Anyways its exactly like a big round eraser and it works perfectly for taking of stripes, pinstripes...remander of glue from moldings.

Its a great tool, well worth the $20 or so.....and they last longer than you will probably ever need it for in future projects.

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I usually us the hair dryer and the sticky residue left on i take off with some thinner. The thinner dosent hurt your paint unless its left on there. I will take the wax off though so i would take and buff the spot out that will help hide the lines a little better too.
steve

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hott ---- ;D

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Turtle wax makes a product called Bug and tar remover.I used it back in my rice days to remove all the stickers off my car.Anny auto parts store should have it.

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so apply the turtle wax to the decal and it should come off after i use the hair dryer and remove the residue left behind

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good ol' gasoline works well too.

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Wd-40.

No risk and it works.

Edit: Peel the pinstripe first. The wd-40 is only for the residue.

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Nono!I said turtle wax is the brand.The product name is Bug and Tar remover.

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douche bag ;D

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Goo Gone is availble at your finer home improvement stores, and Home Depot. ;)

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As stated above: Heat gun (hair dryer) and some goof off. Then take a high speed to the area and blend the paint. BLEND, dont burn.

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no! i did mine when it was cold as hell out, and it made it very difficult! it was cracking and breaking off every inch, it took me a couple hours and a couple raw fingernails to get it off :P wait til the summer!

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Ok all of you have great Ideas but I work at a car lot and I do this stuff for a living. Here is how to do it in detail.
1. Get a heat gun if you don't have one use a hairdryer.
2. Heat up the stripe about a foot long. Go back and forth at a nice even pace. If you have a heat gun put it on its lowest setting. If you have a hairdryer put it on its hottest setting.
3. This is very important not to screw this step up. If you do you will have scratched paint and be a very unhappy car owner. If you don't feel comfertable using a razor blade on you car use your finger nail. It takes longer but it gives you more insurance.Find the smoothest concrete you can find. Get a brand new razor blade and hold the razor with your index finger and your thumb. With the blade pointing away from your fingers, put the razor blade on the concrete and drag it toward you on its flat side in one quik smooth motion.This will roll the edge of the blade. After you do this you should feel a lip on the razor blade. It may seem it is ruined but this infact will glide across you cars paint and will not scratch it.
4. After you have heated up the metal nice and good take the razor blade, working really carefully, with the rolled edge up slide it under the stripe and lift up. this should get a good peice of pinstripe up for you to hold onto. It should then peel up rather nicely. The razor blade helps it get started easier and makes it go much faster. For the residue that is left after you peal this up you the goo-gone. It is a yellow and black bottle. You can get it at Oreilly's, Wal-mart and places like that. Have fun. If you have any questions just pm me.

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crxrx7....

If you do this for a living I should hope you use a damn eraser wheel. Your just asking to scratch a car with a razor blade. I wouldn't advise that suggestion. Besides the fact that most people dont have a heat gun and if you get too close with it you will take the paint right off.

Go to the store, buy the eraser wheel and be done with it.... you'll thank me later.

Oh and as for using thinner on the paint... I woudlnt suggest that either unless you can buff it afterwards. The thinner will reduce the shine if its a clearcoat and if its a single stage it might even remove some of the paint.

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Well I will take your advice now that you have said that. I have been doing this for 3 years now. I have never scratched the paint, never dulled the paint with what is call adhesive remover. Goo-Gone is the same stuff and it isn't laquer thinner. Don't use laquer thinner, it will take paint off. I am quite confident that this works. I do it on $40,000 dollar cars everyday. If it didn't work I wouldn't do it. Oh by the way I painted my own car, rebuilt a z6 engine myself, and did all the wiring myself. (Proving a point) So go have some fun taking stickers off. Thats how I do it.

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hair dryer will work fine wont chip your paint and then if you wont you can rub your finger across the glue and it will come up slowly but shurley.$0 spent.did this on my friends kia dont ask"i know its a kia"but it worked. it was his car.

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crxrx7,

Everyone does things in different ways and I'm sure it works for you. I've used similiar ways to what your describing as well. Anyways yes goo gone and 3m adhesive remover are great products I use them all the time. Someone else had mentioned thinner I was just making sure he didn't use that.

I just fine it easier and dummy proof to use the eraser wheel :) If you havent used one I'd suggest trying it just to see if you like it more. Of course expect your shirt to be messy after your done though ;)