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Pretty sure my assigned FBI agent is more concerned with my recent purchase of PVC pipe and large amount of fertilizer... installing new water lines and tending a hay pasture at the same time can be awkward...
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Sometimes I think I've seen peak OCD on B6G and then a thread like this comes along
That’s my kind of OCD right there…….Heat gun did the job. 5-6 seconds and then it peeled right off. i used goof off for the residue since that is what the local HEB had, and i should have went somewhere else and got goo gone since its not acetone based. It The rubbing alcohol wound up leaving a bounty pattern in the vinyl of the where it was laid, and the goof off probable didnt help. I wasnt a huge fan of the two tone look the stickerfab stickers left behind so i acconplished the same look by peeling them off.
THANK YOU!! Heat gun it is.Heat gun did the job. 5-6 seconds and then it peeled right off. i used goof off for the residue since that is what the local HEB had, and i should have went somewhere else and got goo gone since its not acetone based. It The rubbing alcohol wound up leaving a bounty pattern in the vinyl of the where it was laid, and the goof off probable didnt help. I wasnt a huge fan of the two tone look the stickerfab stickers left behind so i acconplished the same look by peeling them off.
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Is that still adhesive residue there? Hard to really see what's going on without a close-up pic.Heat gun did the job. 5-6 seconds and then it peeled right off. i used goof off for the residue since that is what the local HEB had, and i should have went somewhere else and got goo gone since its not acetone based. It The rubbing alcohol wound up leaving a bounty pattern in the vinyl of the where it was laid, and the goof off probable didnt help. I wasnt a huge fan of the two tone look the stickerfab stickers left behind so i acconplished the same look by peeling them off.
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that is with the adhesive removed, but the outline you see is a combination of where i had the alcohol sitting there too long, and goof off. goof off is acetone based as opposed to goo gone which is milder. I'm hoping after some time in sun it will all eventually get one color or less noticable
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I’m sure his mattress and pillow tags are missing too!!!
I did the heat gun in a Jeep TJ visor and it worked good. Sticker came right off. Then I tried on my ‘21 Bronco and it was a disaster. Sticker did not budge and the visor vinyl is melted and burned. I do not recommend the heat gun. I saw it worked for someone else, but ruined my visor.
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Thanks for posting this, I used what you wrote and modified a bit and joined to share what I tried. I don't have a heat gun. So I used a heat pad like one might use for knee pain. I heated it in the microwave and placed it on top of the stickers. Came back a few minutes later and used my fingernails to pull off the stickers. Here is a picture after I peeled off the stickers.
Once that was done, I didn't want to discolor the visor so I started testing ways to dissolve the residue with what I thought was the weakest to strongest.
| Water | Hah! No. |
| White Vinegar | Nope. |
| WD-40 | Nope, even after waiting a few minutes |
| Rubbing Alcohol |  |
| Mineral Spirits | Couldn't find it. |
| Nail Polish Remover (acetone) | Works fast! |
I didn't want to try the acetone. Not that I understand exactly why, but everyone else seems fearful. So I used it as quickly as possible, under 15 seconds and then wiped the area clean with a damp cloth. Here is how it looks after that process.
I'm happy with the result. Looking at the picture now, it seems like there is discoloration, but it is just the way I took the picture in the light. If you look really closely, you can see that some of the pattern actually rubbed off. At least, I think it did. Either that or the residue sunk into the pattern. It's quite subtle and, I think, impossible to avoid.
If anyone tries this, some tips I might add are to ensure the stickers are warm when peeling. Once they cool down some, they require more force to pull and may stretch the visor plastic. Once I pulled the sticker off, I place the heat pad back down to let the visor rest back into place. Not sure if that's necessary, but just what I did and there is no deformation.
Another tip, since I removed the visor, is that nobody mentioned the wire harness (maybe on both sides), there is a tiny button on the side that allows it to come loose.
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Ruined my visor on a 2008 Mustang trying to get the ugly stupid distracting warning lable off. Bought a document holder that strapped to the visor to hide the mess. It was black and looked a lot better than the dumb ass sticker. guess I may look to buy the same thing for the Bronco, and just leave the sticker alone.
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Not stickers... Looks like silk screen print maybe? You can get cover up stickers from Stickerfab
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