Whilst Malcolm was welding the tow bar for us at Bedford Street Motors, Jon was asking about the graphics, and suggested I use Brake Cleaner to remove the glue, scornful, as nothing else had worked so far, and brake cleaner is, well a cleaner not a dissolvent ?, Jon went and got some on some paper towel and started rubbing where I'd taken the checkers off on the passenger wing, and it started coming off ! It doesn't damage the paint underneath, evaporates really quickly, even smells nice, but be warned, is highly flammable, I remember when worked In the garage with Jon and Malcolm years and years ago, we used to spray brake cleaner down the carburettors (remember those?) to get them going if the engine wasn't starting due to fuel starvation etc.
I went and bought a gallon can of it, Swarfega branded, and decided to try it on the wing, I had the wing completely clear of glue in less than ten minutes. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't just fall off, you have to keep rubbing at it and scratching away with a nail or a plastic scraper, but it shifts pretty quickly once the brake cleaner has soaked in a little.
As you can see, it's left no trace of glue at all, and the paint is just fine that's left behind :).
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