If this has been done, I couldn't find it... I thought I would share my experiences.

Items needed:

• Powerful Drill (corded preferred) OR High Torque, low speed air drill.
  
• Eraser Pad (Got it off amazon: http://amzn.com/B0020HQRQC )
  
• Clean Micro Fiber Cloth
  
• Spray Quick Detailer
  
• Vacuum or compressed air (It makes a mess)

1. I am going to assume most people reading this have NOT used the eraser pad. It is an amazing invention, and the best for removing decals, pinstripes, bumperstickers, etc off any painted surface or gel coat. I took all the decals off my 17" jet boat in an afternoon.

The trick to this is to not be in such a rush... The system calls for low speed, high torque. It is gonna take a minute or two for you to find the optimum setting for your application.

Too fast, and you will heat things up, too slow and it does nothing.

I have never had this system damage any surface yet, but just be cautious.

2. Once you have everything installed, all you do is allow the rubber pad to do the peeling for you... experiment with pressure and speed, but once you hit the sweet spot, it peels off fast.

I did both sides with cleaning in 10 minutes. including taking pics.


My drill:



Before:




Step 1:













After:

 

this seems overly complicated. hairdryer for 2 minutes. peel the sticker off. use wd40 on a paper towel to take any extra sticky off

 

the hairdryer and wd40 also worked well for the trail rated badge and the JEEP on the front grill (but you can saw the badge and JEEP off with fishing line)

 

heatgun... let 1000 degrees do the work for you

 

x2 , Heat gun and it comes right off in one piece

 

^This.

You also don't even need a hair dryer. My Sahara decals came off using finger nails to grab an edge. Then just pull carefully and perpendicularly to the metal. Make sure to provide support to the extra material as it comes off. Then use goo-gone or wd40 and a soft paper towel to remove the sticky crud.

 

Damn, ok guys, sorry I bothered. If you think a 1000 degree heat gun is better than this, or using your nails to scrape at your paint, go for it.

I was kinda trying to inform some of the guys with older, more brittle decals, or if you had other applications I though the eraser might help.

To each their own...

 

Good on you for being creative. Sorry for poo-pooing on your thread. But it really does seem needlessly complex, on top of potentially screwing up your paint if you do it wrong. As for peeling stickers with fingernails, you only need to do that to get an edge. Once you do, as long as you peel perpendicularly it will mostly come off together. I had an extremely brittle decal(probably 10 year old decal) on my old car and just did the finger nails and goo-gone routine. Took it all off in under 15 minutes.


In the end, your method is a good tool for the toolbox if simpler methods fail. And if you already have all the stuff that's needed I suppose it's quick. But having to go shopping for any of those components drastically adds to the "10 minute job"

 

Also we are not really knocking your way of doing this, it will be helpful for this thread to exist for people who want to do it, and do not know how to go about it, this way they will come to this thread, see 3 or more approaches about how to get the outcome they want. Then they can choose which one they would like to use. All positives.

 

The guys that are saying this is overly complex have apparently never tried to remove older stickers. I agree that on newer stickers this tool is not needed. However if you have older stickers, badges with 2 sided tape, or any other strong adhesive nothing is better than this tool. Unless you are using a really high speed drill you don't have to worry about this burning your paint like a heat gun has the potential to do. I can promise you that anyone that has struggled with removing stickers will appreciate this post.