terence Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Hi everyone whats the best thing to remove the residue from the sticky pads they use to hold no plates on car thanks for any replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, terence said: Hi everyone whats the best thing to remove the residue from the sticky pads they use to hold no plates on car thanks for any replies Very hard to do but lots of thinners and lots of elbow grease, having said that what's the point in cleaning it super throughly if you're just going to cover it up again ? I do loads of these and tend to just clean the spare bits in between the old ones and make sure the new sticky pads go there or when the area is a real mess I just screw them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 WD40, petrol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer425 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 WD40 it softens it up rubs off easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Hair dryer followed by ‘sticky stuff’ remover from Halfords and such like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 WD........................... it worked for me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 fudge wheel.if not screw it on. if not buy a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix's rifle Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Heat gun or hair dryer, then a polish and you will never see where they were! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Get as much off as possible manually before applying panel wipe or tar and glue as it turns in to a junky mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seph234 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Methylated spirit or WD40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Mayonnaise - is good for removing labels and non-heated sticky glue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 3 hours ago, billytheghillie said: WD40, petrol. this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terence Posted February 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 Sorted now thanks everyone hair dryer and car polish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol p Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Toffee wheel/stripe remover and slow degreaser. Be careful if using thinners on the clearcoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wb123 Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Its a ****** to get off, fortunately my plates are held on with self tappers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 03/02/2018 at 19:36, bumpy22 said: fudge wheel.if not screw it on. if not buy a new one 3 hours ago, Pistol p said: Toffee wheel/stripe remover and slow degreaser. Be careful if using thinners on the clearcoat. Funny how we all call it something different, I always called it a caramel wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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