Plate removal

[Maz]

Going to be changing my number plate and need to know what is the best way to remove all the white sticky stuff they are stuck on with please ???

Goint to put the new one on with velco (sp) pads

 

[Anim@l]

I was gonna ask the same thing, as I don't want to advertise the Renault Garage anymore!

 

[Rich]

Heat the white sticky residue up with a hair dryer and remove it the best you can peeling it off. Autoglym Tar and Adhesive remover on the rest. Took me ages to do mine.

Also heat the whole plate up first and it hopefully should not leave much residue when you remove it.

 

[Anim@l]

Rich, do you have to heat the plate up before trying to remove it? Mine doesn't seem to want to budge one bit.

 

[Rich]

Yeah a bit of heat first should losen it up.

 

[daviebroon]

a dab of hydrochloric acid removed it on mine

 

[Anim@l]

Cool, cheers Rich. Not gonna get private plates, just ones without the dealer names and maybe a border or something.

 

[Maz]

Heat the white sticky residue up with a hair dryer and remove it the best you can peeling it off. Autoglym Tar and Adhesive remover on the rest. Took me ages to do mine.

Also heat the whole plate up first and it hopefully should not leave much residue when you remove it.

Cheers Rich your a :star:

a dab of hydrochloric acid removed it on mine

I won't be going anywhere near my car with acid .. pmsl I had a bad enough experience with a touch up pen lol

 

[philmots]

i ripped the plate off then used a combination of white spirit and meths to get the goo off... scratching at it with a teaspoon but took ages

 

[daviebroon]

lmfao @ scratching at it with a teaspoon. Pikey

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I won't be going anywhere near my car with acid .. pmsl I had a bad enough experience with a touch up pen lol

Women...

Seriously though, if you take care, there's no reason for it to damage the car. Touch up pens are w**k generally anyway.

Off topic, but the best way forward for chips and scratches is to get the bumper and bonnet in pristine condition (respray perhaps). Then get a clear-bra. Basically a layer of clear vynil that goes over your paint work at the front to protect the paint against chips and scratches. Well worth it.

On topic. Hair drying, and just sit there on a stool picking at it for a while. Not as if it all needs to come off, just enough for the velcro to stick well to the paint. Make sure you get decent velcro too.

 

[Maz]

All of it does need to come off .. MEN !! if your going to do a job may aswell do it right lol

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Fair enough, I personally wouldn't bother !!

I would even use a wallpaper scraper if it came to it.. Not as if you get to see that bit of the paint :rasp:

 

[daviebroon]

 

[MarkCup]

WD40 works well on sticker adhesive residue Maz, not sure what it's like on Renault paint though.

 

[Leeshez]

I used a hot hair dryer on mine and a bit of pulling

 

[Justin]

i used some turps i had lying around, if your careful with it, it comes off without leaving a mark

 

[alexbleubolt]

if you pee on it the acid from your urine might work - maybe thats the acid the othe guy ment ?

 

[daviebroon]

lmfao... no i didn;t mean that type of acid. The acid in urine is Uric acid.

I said hydrochloric... slightly different

 

[alexbleubolt]

well try peeing anyways for a laugh

 

[Josh@Renparts]

Threads like this.... always turn into some sort of entertainment.

 

[DaveLiquid182]

White spirit got it off mine no prob, and scrape it with your finger nail (personally wouldnt use a teaspoon) lol

 

[paul]

White spirit got it off mine no prob, and scrape it with your finger nail (personally wouldnt use a teaspoon) lol

done this lots of times whitespirts is fine, even used it neat, with a toothbrush

:O)

 

[Maz]

Will see how I get on with Rich's suggestion as that seems the safest option for me lol

Cheers for the advice

 

[paul]

honest marie, white spirits is fine, i did this on my black 182 and my silver one! all thats left to do at the end is polish it up, i use to dip the tooth brush in the white spirits, soak the pads, and it comes off very easy!!

 

[Maz]

I will see how I get on .. lol don't trust myself after the touch up pen incident!!

Cheers

 

[browno]

Just remember once you've put the velcro'd plates on, not to wash your car straight after - the adhesive takes some time to bond, and doesn't like water during that time... As I discovered when both my plates fell off . Thankfully I dried them off and slapped them back in place and they stuck ok in the end...

 

[alexbleubolt]

aren't velcro plates illegal ? as its not securely fastenned to the car, and the pigs will say that you might commit a crime ? i would check before you velcro your plates on

 

[alexbleubolt]

MOT states : The registration plates must be securely fitted, with the numbers and digits complete, and correctly sized, spaced and clearly visible.

 

[philmots]

i love my velcro plates.... i pull them off and chuck them in the boot when in my mates permit only place. that ticket jus gets binned then sorted

 

[Maz]

Cheers for the info guys

 

[Fred@BTM]

petrol or meths

 

[Gareth]

white spirit I normally use.

 

[Maz]

petrol or meths

I know your style.. :rasp: lol