How do you remove Decals from an iPhone?

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How do you remove Decals from an iPhone?

July 12th 2010 in News & Updates

I was recently travelling through Honduras and came across the situation when a decal / sticker ended up on the back on my iPhone (well actually it was young niece who asked which Dora sticker I would prefer).

So I have a great iPhone, though with a sticker on the back that has only half come off. I tried initially peeling it off, though only the shiny sticker part came off. What was left was the adhesive and some rough paper.

I was cautious of using any spirits or chemicals to remove the sticker as the back of the iPhone is plastic, so didn’t want to damage the surface. Hence I decided to use some Eucalyptus oil.

Good stuff – the adhesive easily rubbed off and my iphone is looking cleaner than ever

(P.S – I haven’t told my niece that the Dora sticker is no longer on the back of my phone)

One Response

GamerX

You can also use sandpaper to “polish” the back of your iPhone (3G/3GS of course, since others have aluminum/glass on the back).
You will just need those:

• Sandpaper 320(or 500),800,1000,1500,2000,2500,3000 grit
• 3M Rubbing compound
• Machine Polisher ( Power Drill or small buffer)
• Microfibers
• Sticky tack and or tape

results are stunning, you will make your iphone’s back shiny and new again.
This trick can be applied basically to any phone with plastic back, for example droid phones by htc or motorola, and other android devices.

It will eliminate any logo you have on the back, but hey your phone will be shiny as new, and more custom without logo

The Wonder Story

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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).

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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.

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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

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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.

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