Recent content by FredH

Thanks Mike. The areas where the adhesive came off do show a bit of ghosting, I expected that. Where the adhesive remains stands slightly proud of the paint surface. On a small, black car like the MR2 it shows enough that I will surrender and replace the old tape with the new. Cute little...

Talked to the guru at the paint / body supply shop today. He figures who ever put the stripe on didn't wait long enough for the clear coat to fully dry. The chemicals from the clear likely chemically "melted" the adhesive / stripe making it now impossible to take off. I'll try a little heat...

Pin Stripe Update: Crap ! Polished today with Porter Cable, Orange Lake pad, and Carbondum compound. 24 year old paint looks pretty good, given there is a number of defects that polishing won't help. At to the pin stripe adhesive it looks the same now as when I erased the tape to begin...

Again, thanks for the replies. I should clarify, some of the tape came off leaving no adhesive residue while other parts left the adhesive. The 3M didn't remove any adhesive at all. Fred

Thanks for the replies. I did use a wheel to erase, just not the 3M brand. It worked great on all but some of the adhesive. I had signage painted on a van years ago and when I sold it the dealer used EasyOff to remove it. I had painted it with acrylic enamel before the signage & there was...

Working on a Black 1991 Toyota MR2. I'm going to do a scratch/swirl/polish but first I used a rubber eraser wheel to take off what I think is a factory original pin stripe. In places it came off completely but in other areas left a bit of adhesive. I tried an over the counter product with...

Thanks for the good advice.

Good washing, at this point that's all. You can feel them and they are dull but it seems they may be on the surface. Sorry to be uninformed, but don't know what QD is.

Had to park my 2011 Forester with metallic charcoal gray factor paint under a bird meeting place. You can guess what happened. Need suggestins on how to remove the leftover stains on the paint. They feel proud of the actual surface, but I can't seem to get them off. Any suggestions ...