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Old 10-27-2011, 09:20 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Niagara Falls ON.
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When I was a kid I was the detail man at my dad's car lot. I removed hundreds and hundreds of stickers off cars. A razor scraper, some varsol and a dish scrubby and voila, it's gone and if it took more than 2 minutes my old man kicked my butt.
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Old 10-28-2011, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Northern MN
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On glass just use a razor blade to get the sticker off.
to remove any glue, goo gone, acetone, finger nail polish remover or go over it with the blade a few times.

Cutting the glass? really? What are you doing to do that?
Never had that happen.
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Old 10-28-2011, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Nebraska
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Though this may be off-topic I am posting it here...I put some stickers on my truck (to the rear glass window) that I need to get off, it's been a few years and when I try to get them off they just chip so they are stuck solid...any ideas on what I can use to get them off easily?
I have had good results with WD-40 and a single edged razor as a scraper.

GL2
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Old 10-28-2011, 09:59 AM
 
Location: North Pole Alaska
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3M makes a sticker remover. It’s just a giant eraser that you put in a drill and go to town. We use them all the time for removing pin stripes and stickers. They don’t hurt paint or glass but can eat into fiberglass if you are not careful. They are around $30 at a paint and body store and will last a long time.

3M 07498 4" Stripe Off Wheel with Mandrel - The Painter's Edge
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Old 10-28-2011, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Colorado Plateau
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I just took some old stickers off the window of my car. I scraped them off bit by bit with a razor blade and used disk brake cleaner to get the leftover advesive off. My car looks better now.
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Old 10-29-2011, 02:28 PM
 
Location: The Circle City. Sometimes NE of Bagdad.
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LOL where can you even get MEK over the counter? Do they sell it at home depot?
I get mine at Home Depot or Lowes.
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Old 10-29-2011, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Lincoln County Road or Armageddon
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WD40 and a Razor... don't use MEK, LOL.


Goo be gone would work as well.
I agree. MEK is some nasty stuff.
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Old 10-29-2011, 03:28 PM
 
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WD40 and a Razor... don't use MEK, LOL.


See above...
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Old 10-29-2011, 04:44 PM
 
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On glass just use a razor blade to get the sticker off.
to remove any glue, goo gone, acetone, finger nail polish remover or go over it with the blade a few times.

Cutting the glass? really? What are you doing to do that?
Never had that happen.
I've scratched glass with a razor once, though, it wasn't automotive glass.
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Old 10-29-2011, 06:00 PM
 
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Seeing as the location of the original poster is Olympus Mons, Mars and knowing that Elton John (actually Bernie Taupin) says that "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids; in fact, it's cold as hell", I'm suprised that the stickers are so adherent.

Seriously, adherents lose their stickyness when they get cold and the best time to remove them is during the winter.
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