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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#870427
I have just removed the red stripe on the side of a Nissan XTrail, using a heat gun on the glued on plastic strip.

NONE of the following solvents will remove the residual glue.

Enamel thinner
General Purpose Lacquer thinner
Acrylic thinner
Mineral turpentine
Kerosene
White spirits
Acetone
Propyl alcohol
Methylated spirits
Petrol
Concentrated dish washing detergent
Ethylene glycol

That's every solvent that I have.

Can anyone suggest a possible solvent that might do the job?

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#870430
try eucalyptus oil, available at chemists, coles, woolworths etc, that will remove just about anything off anything
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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#870433
That was quick donn. Ten minutes. Thanks.

I tried eucalyptus oil and it will do it, but it's slow and needs a lot of rubbing.

I'd competely forgotten the eucy oil as it was not in the shed.

I should have remembered it as it is the best penetrating oil and I use it quite often for that.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#870440
wax and grease remover also works.
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953 posts · joined May 2011 ·

#870446
gumption works aswell
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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#870447
While I was at it with the eucy oil, I tried tea tree oil. It does almost as good a job as the eucy.

Barls and drags. Thanks for those suggestions.

annosL Officially Full-On Dubber

378 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#870684
Carbon Tetrachloride might work, it takes off tar spots etc