Tinplate and Sticker Removal

Try this stuff...

How about the easy way?  Take your heat gun and warm up the stickers.  It will GREATLY soften the adhesive and most times they'll peel right off perfectly.

Mill City posted:

Try this stuff...

Hey Mill City thanks for the suggestion I'm wondering how safe that's going to be on the paint though but it's nice to know this stuff exists.

Joe Gozzo

try to remove as much of the top layer of the sticker and apply this for 5-10 minutes to soften/ remove the adhesive.  i've removed stickers from metal and plastic surfaces without damaging the surface.  one of about 100 uses for this stuff.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

How about the easy way?  Take your heat gun and warm up the stickers.  It will GREATLY soften the adhesive and most times they'll peel right off perfectly.

Trainlover160 posted:

gunrunnerjohn posted:

How about the easy way?  Take your heat gun and warm up the stickers.  It will GREATLY soften the adhesive and most times they'll peel right off perfectly.

 

Gunnar, thanks for the suggestion now that sounds like it might work I'd have to start it off on low I think so the paint doesn't bubble but it's worth a try thanks.

Joe Gozzo

overlandflyer posted:

Huh?

Gentlemen,

   I agree all three work well when wanting to remove sticks and decals from Tin Plate, be careful how you use the heat, some old paint can be be effected adversely when it is over heated.

PCRR/Dave

Trainlover160 posted:

gunrunnerjohn posted:

How about the easy way?  Take your heat gun and warm up the stickers.  It will GREATLY soften the adhesive and most times they'll peel right off perfectly.

Gunnar, thanks for the suggestion now that sounds like it might work I'd have to start it off on low I think so the paint doesn't bubble but it's worth a try thanks.

Joe Gozzo

 You don't need NEARLY enough heat to bubble the paint, just enough to warm it up to maybe 120F.  I just wave the heat gun at them a couple of times and they come right off.  If you don't get carried away, there is no risk to the paint, and no solvents to possibly damage it.

Trainlover160 posted:

overlandflyer posted:

Huh?

yes, i am serious, it works.  better yet, if you have a girlfriend or daughter, chances are good that they have some or if you work at a relatively large place, chances are very good that someone there sells Avon products.

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here's another one i've discovered not many people know about.
want to get rid of these car visor stickers?...

1) drench a paper towel with nail polish remover.
2) press/ hold it over the whole sticker for 30 secs.
3) simply wipe it right off.

Soaking the sticker with WD-40 will do the job also. And you probably already have WD-40 in your tool set somewhere.

RoyBoy posted:

Soaking the sticker with WD-40 will do the job also. And you probably already have WD-40 in your tool set somewhere.

Roy Boy what will the WD-40 do to the paint this is a brand new car.

Joe Gozzo

I use a Hair Dryer. Same results as a Heat Gun.

Joe, use the heat, it won't harm the paint and you're not putting anything on the car!  It takes very little heat to soften the glue and peal these right off!

Trainlover160 posted:

Mill City posted:

Try this stuff...

Hey Mill City thanks for the suggestion I'm wondering how safe that's going to be on the paint though but it's nice to know this stuff exists.

Joe Gozzo

My primary use for this product is to remove unsightly price stickers and resulting adhesive from books, used DVDs, and of course, train boxes. I also use it to remove well intended tape repairs on historic paper materials. I've employed it's use on a myriad of surfaces, enameled tinplate included, with no ill effects. What I don't use is the silly black scrapping tool thingy attached to the neck of the bottle. That device is removed and sent to the corn field. I source this wonder product at Menard's...

Trainlover160 posted:

RoyBoy posted:

Soaking the sticker with WD-40 will do the job also. And you probably already have WD-40 in your tool set somewhere.

Roy Boy what will the WD-40 do to the paint this is a brand new car.

Joe Gozzo

Generally, if the paint is shiny or if it is lithography it won't harm anything. I do not know about flat finishes, however, as I've never had to try that.

Anything you try should be tested on an inconspicuous spot first, to gauge it's effects.

Your post said tinplate, so I assumed (and we all know what that means) that the cars were painted or lithographed steel. If the cars are new production reproduction cars, the modern paint is pretty tough. But still test first.

BTW, if it is lithographed, don't put any alcohol on it. That lesson was learned the hard way.

Joe. I have never had any finish problem using Goo Gone on just about any surface.  You can heat the area just don't go crazy with the heat and you should be fine. 

Chris Lonero posted:

Joe. I have never had any finish problem using Goo Gone on just about any surface.  You can heat the area just don't go crazy with the heat and you should be fine. 

Hi Chris I have some of the Goo Gone But I thought on the label it said not for painted finishes I'll have to go back and look at it cuz I know that I've used it to clean the wheels I usually put a little bit of a on a Q-tip to clean the wheels thanks for the suggestion.

Joe

Joe: please let us know how everything turns out!  :-)

Well the Caboose arrive today wish me luck.

Well with some light heat and carefully peeling them off I was able to get them off ,however, the stickers left some adhesive residue behind.

So I carefully applied the Meguiars cleaner wax and lightly rubbed and i was able to get it off both sides.

I then went over the rest of the car and Polished it all up came out really nice I'm happy with it I would like to thank everybody for your input as it did help in the process.

I also examined the trucks and the wheels and noticed that the car had never been run but I was a little puzzled on the gray trucks? I'd never seen gray trucks on a Tinplate car. I love the two-tone red coloring

The icing on the cake was the seller accepted my offer of $45 when the new releases that come out are at $150.

Joe Gozzo

Trainlover160 posted:

I'd never seen gray trucks on a Tinplate car.

Joe, American Flyer prewar Standard (Wide) Gauge mostly all had gray trucks.

With MTH anything goes, they are not particularly concerned about keeping traditional color schemes. 

david