Remove Decals | Decal Removal | Sticker Removal

There are a number of ways to remove decals and stickers and depending on what the surface is, will make different tools better than others.

The main 5 techniques to remove decals and stickers are:

1) Heat gun or Hair Dryer

2) Chemicals / Residue removers

3) Razor blades

4) Plastic blade (e.g. Wonder Blade)

5) Rubber tool (e.g. Wonder Wheel)

1) Heat gun - One of the most used tools to remove Decals.

Pro’s:

- suitable for steel, glass and some painted surfaces (be careful of re-spray’s as the paint may react inversely).

- suitable for small to medium sized areas

Con’s:

- doesn’t remove residue or goo left on by Decal

- be careful of natural products (e.g. wood) as can heat can inversely with natural products)

- can be a little slow as takes time to heat up decal and remove

2) Chemicals/ Residue removers (e.g. eucalyptus oil)

Pro’s:

- excellent at removing goo or residue left over after a decal has been removed (and preparing a surface for a new decal)

Con’s:

- normally doesn’t penetrate the decal surface. You need to perforate the surface so the chemical can get under the Decal

- potential adverse re-action to skin contact

Overall: better tool to use after the decal has been removed to clean and prepare the surface

3) Razor blades

Pro’s:

- excellent for surfaces that don’t scratch easily (e.g. glass)

- cheap option and easily available

Con’s:

- never use on a painted surface or some stainless steel surfaces (very easy to scratch the paintwork and ruin a job)

- more suited to smaller areas (takes a long term to do a large area)

- doesn’t remove residue or goo left on by Decal

- potential to cut yourself / have staff injured

4) Plastic blade (e.g. Wonder blade)

Pro’s:

- excellent for painted areas or stainless steel (as doesn’t scratch the surface)

- made of plastic so can not cut yourself

Con’s:

- doesn’t remove residue or goo left on by Decal

- more suited to smaller areas

5) Wonder Wheel

Pro’s:

- excellent for large areas or decals that are very old and baked on

- removes most of the residue and goo

- one stop solution

Con’s:

- need to ensure the tool is moved across the surface (holding the wheel in 1 spot for too long can mark the painted surface). Not suited to some natural surfaces (e.g. wood)

- requires a drill to be used with

Overall, there are lots of options depending on the job. The overall finding is that if there is a large job (e.g. remove decals from a bus or truck) then the Wonder Wheel is the best tool to use (plus it removes most of the residue at the same time). As a tip, if you need a natural product to remove the goo or adhesive, try Eucalyptus oil (it’s cheap and doesn’t contain the nasty chemicals some other the goo removers on the market contain)

The Wonder Story

Are you pulling your hair out in frustration as removing decals and stickers is taking too long? Is it costing you money (and not to mention your finger nails) by struggling through jobs in trying to remove Decals?

My name is Peter Nobbs whose family business been involved in the Decal and Sticker industry for over 20 years.

I like many of you had spent far too long and wasted energy in trying to rip, tear or scratch away Decals (and with little success).

Let me explain the background to this story. We were running a sign business that involved installing and removing a lot of Decals and Sticks. After years of frustration and wasted energy, we decided that removing decals was going to be a very frustrating part of our work, though we always knew that had to be a smart way to remove it....... AND WE FOUND IT”

However before we found the answer, we continued to use all the old ways that we had tried in the past, that didn’t work - Soapy water - Gasoline - Chemical formulations - Metal blades you name it, we tried it

Our prior experiments with trying to remove stickers and decals often resulted in disasters:

- Using my fingers to try and peel off a boat decal that resulted in my nail being worn down to the skin... wearing a band aid to cover my worn down fingernail back to the office was a little embarrassing - And then there was the story about the chemical reaction I wasn’t expecting after a ‘co-worker’ recommended a chemical mix to remove the Decals.

Then we discovered the secret that changed the way we removed Decals.

"I’ve found that nothing removes old registration stickers from your car windscreen like the Wonder blade. It’s a very handy little tool to keep around the house and garage”

Philip Clark

The story of how this secret weapon to removing Decals began, is that we just started trialling different ideas. We kept trialling and trialling until we found something that worked... and worked really well

We soon realised we needed a product that was chemical free, safe enough to use on almost all surfaces and could remove small and large areas of Decals or Vinyl signs.

The result, two products specifically designed to remove Decals and Vinyl.

Wonder Wheel: made of soft rubber and perfect for large areas Wonder Blade: made of plastic and designed for small, more detailed areas

AND NOW after using these products for our own benefit, we are very excited to be able to offer these products to you.

Wonder Products

What is the best way to remove decals and stickers???

October 30th 2008 in News & Updates

The Wonder Story