Removing Woodgrain Kit

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Mudbone

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I have 01 GMC Sierra that I am trying to clean up. It has one of those cheesy aftermarket interior woodgrain kits. The type with the grey foam adhesive backing. It looks really bad an I would like to remove it. It has been a real PITA to get the pices off and even then it leaves behind a lot of the foam and adhesive residue. Will the 3M General Purpose Adhesive Cleaner take this stuff off or do you any other suggestions

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you should try to contact the company that made the kit, and ask them on how to remove it and what products work well. but the 3m should work. take your time and do a test spot first on the plastic to make sure it will not harm it or dye it.
 
After you remove the kit you can try to clean it up with "Goof off - safe for plastic"

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May want to try some dental floss and slide in behind the plastic. May help get most of the foam off in one piece. Then I'd take some of that 3m adhesive remover on a MF.
 
Thanks for the replys. I should have mentioned that I had already tried Goo Gone with poor results. I also used some monofilament to undercut some of the larger pieces but it wasn't very useful on all the smaller pieces where there are switches, dials, etc.

Interestingly enough, while I am not sure who make the woodgrain kit, I think the adhesive foam backing might be made by 3M. I found a small unused trim piece in the glove box. It had a red peel off backing over the foam with 3M printed on it.
 
Mudbone said:
Interestingly enough, while I am not sure who make the woodgrain kit, I think the adhesive foam backing might be made by 3M. I found a small unused trim piece in the glove box. It had a red peel off backing over the foam with 3M printed on it.
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I'm sure that's what it is.... they even sell it in rolls at auto parts stores. Here's the catalog:

3M? Acrylic Foam Tape
 
I have to remove these kits all the time at work.I use a hair dryer to heat up the wood and it comes right off.
 
WD-40 really works good on adhesive. I don't know how well it will do with the plastic though.
 
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