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Just purchased an old Tamiya Blackfoot and am wondering what is the best/ easiest way to remove the old decals before I paint the body. Remember this is a hard plastic body not a clear one.

I would say you still need to pull them off the old fashioned way and then probably use Goo Gone to clean the residue off the body.

I've had good luck with denatured alchohol & a clean rag.

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I use Goo Gone as well.

You can also try using a bit of heat to make the decals come off easier. I've had good luck running a body under the hot water faucet for 10 seconds or so to heat up the glue.

A little heat and the decals came off pretty easily, guess I was worried about nothing. They were pretty old and figured they would be stuck pretty good.

Didn't realize double posting was a no no, just thought I had a better chance to get a response. Sorry

Hello everyone I am new to the site. Can you use the same method to remove decals from a lexan body?

Thanks,

Clayton

Clayton wrote:Hello everyone I am new to the site. Can you use the same method to remove decals from a lexan body?

Thanks,

Clayton

Those "decals" are most likely just stickers. Just get a fingernail under the corner and peel. Goo gone works well to clean up any residue.

Thank you.

I always do my best to get all the decal off by hand . If you need heat use a hair-dryer or heat gun if your used to using one, just be careful not to melt the styrene body. Then use WD-40 to remove the adhesive. Just spray it on and let it sit for about 10min or so and then wipe it off with a rag or paper towel, repeat if you need to. Then wash the body with dish soap to lift the WD-40 and it will be sqeaky clean. Been doing it this way for years and it has always worked great.

No one here has mentioned wd40.
it works great for removin stickers and the goo they leave behind.
J.R.

WD-40 is good. I use it to get the stickers off, and then I use brake cleaner to get rid of the residue!

Lighter fluid (Zippo, Ronsonol) works well for the sticky residue. Evaporates cleanly as well.

scoobyvoodoo wrote:I always do my best to get all the decal off by hand . If you need heat use a hair-dryer or heat gun if your used to using one, just be careful not to melt the styrene body. Then use WD-40 to remove the adhesive. Just spray it on and let it sit for about 10min or so and then wipe it off with a rag or paper towel, repeat if you need to. Then wash the body with dish soap to lift the WD-40 and it will be sqeaky clean. Been doing it this way for years and it has always worked great.

Jayar wrote:No one here has mentioned wd40.
it works great for removin stickers and the goo they leave behind.
J.R.

Should any special care be taken when removing decals from carbon chassis plates, or can these same methods be used just as described (heat, WD40, etc)?