Shuttle Van Decal Removal - SeaJay's Detailing

[SeaJays]

I was contacted a few weeks ago by a local hotel that was looking to get their vinyl decals removed off a couple vans. They were recently bought out and are changing the logos.



This weekend I tackled the job. Saturday was the first van which I received some help from a local forum member Andrew (Morphiusrt) for a few hours which is always appreciated! Saturday's job I didn't take any pics. But Sunday I got some decent pics of the 2nd van.



Over all both vans the decals came off very easy, as in you pull up a corner and the decal comes off in big chunks. One of the easiest decal removals I have done.



Products Used:



Kleen APC

Tarminator

Plastic Razor Blades

Iron-X

Dawn

D300

Megs Window Cleaner



Equipment Used:



5 Gallon Bucket

Flex PE14

Orange HT Pad

Yellow LC Flat pad - Used on the upper hard plastic



Van as I arrived

After all the decals and adhesive were removed I gave the van a quick wash and sprayed with Iron-x. The areas around the decals were loaded with iron particles.

After a through rinse and quick dry it was on to the polishing.



Befores

Afters

I actually received a call from the guy that will be putting the new decals on. He wanted to talk cause he said I did a very good job at removing the decals and he's been looking for someone he could use.



I hope to set up a few more jobs with him soon.



Thanks for reading.

 

[imported_WhyteWizard]

When you took the decals off did you stretch them off or peel them off? I've found that warming the decal or shield just a little, then pulling it parallel to the surface, stretching the decal off, rather than peeling it back and off leaves little to no glue on the car.



Nice work and I hope you get more.



Take Care,

Robert

 

[SeaJays]

These decals had 2 layers it seemed. There was a cheap vinyl under a clear more durable clear layer. I found when I heated it up the clear separated from the the cheap vinyl and caused me more headaches. I didn't have to heat anything at all. The sun helped heat it just enough to make removal easy and with limited adhesive left.

 

[Dan]

Sounds like you lucked out, I've dealt with some pretty stuck on decals before. I love my 3m decal remover wheel for those tough projects. Also interesting how there was no iron behind the stickers. Anyway, great work, they came out very well.

 

[Scottwax]

Nice job, looks like you got all the ghosting.



Did a similar job for a local TV station when they changed their logo. 2 vans and a camera truck. Vans were pretty easy, the truck much less so since it was a gel coat. Had to use gel coat specific polishes to get rid of the ghosting.