Decal Removal Tools

From the time motorcycles could be purchased over 100 years ago the maker has always been keen to put his name on the vehicle, this tradition carries on today after all it is a very successful way of marketing and advertising.

Let us face it, wouldn’t it be boring if cars , pickups, in fact any sort of motor vehicle did not have its name on the front, rear and in some cases on the sides of their products, We would be forever wondering  who the manufacturer was.

In the case of motorcycles up to even the 1950’s the brand of the vehicle was generally painted onto the gas tanks and on cheaper brands transfers were used. With the coming of the Japanese entering the motorcycle world painted manufacturers names changed to plastic and metal.

Soon vinyl decals were used but the problem was that if not protected they would soon wear off or be damaged.

Today when you look at many motorcycle brands on gas tanks they are indeed a work of art, rich lusterous colors with the name  that seem to be held in a third dimension caused because a thick coating  of clear lacquer that encapsulates this.

Royal Enfield Motorcycles manufacture in India still to this day have their tanks pin striped by hand with truly beautiful effect.

Should you ever have to repair an accident damaged modern motorcycle gas tank you will have to take it to a specialist to repaint it.

Don’t be disappointed as there are many motorcycles with advertising decals and stickers on them and it is quicker, cheaper and much easier to remove them with the “Wonder blade”.

The blade is made from plastic so won’t scratch the surface.We recommend it to people who have not removed decals before from motorcycles. However, if your motor cycle gas tank has lacquer film, then there is no way to remove the decal without damaging the paint

If you are very confident in removing the sticker or decal from the gas tank, then a metal blade is okay. To see if you are competent or confident removing the gas tank sticker, watch the below video

Royal Enfield decal removal motor cycle

Tried of looking for ways to remove decals from your car? No amount of scratching helps! It can be downright irritating if it takes just too long to get those decals and stickers removed.

You will find a variety of chemical products in the market that claim to remove decals but not all are reliable because some of them will not only remove the decals but also damage the paint of your car, and you will have to get it repainted.

Applying heat is a good way to remove decals; however this method doesn’t work on all types of decals or stickers. Furthermore, this method doesn’t remove all of it.

You may use a heat gun to apply heat on the area, and if you don’t have one you may use a hair dryer on high setting. But, this will leave residue on the car surface, and you would need a chemical to get rid of that.

Spare yourself the trouble, and choose the fastest way to remove decals from cars, without damaging the surface or car paint in any way. Try the Wonder Wheel! This incredible chemical-free formula works gently on the surface of your car and removes decals in just 15 minutes.

Do you find it difficult to believe? Well, most of the satisfied customers of the Wonder products react the same way until they see the results in front of them.

The Wonder Wheel is undoubtedly the fastest way to get rid of large decals or vinyl signs. For the heavy duty jobs where the traditional methods don’t work, you may use the Wonder Blade to remove decals, stickers, and vinyl signs.

As the Wonder Wheel is made of rubber and the Wonder Blade from plastic, these products are safe to use on all types of surfaces.

With the Wonder products, you can remove large decals, stickers and vinyl signs from cars within minutes, without damaging the paint!

P.S – I checked out what wikipedia had to say about decal removal, though the site was not any help
 

Car with alot of Decals to remove

This is a true story that came to us from the motor vehicle detailer in this story.

A small corporation had a number of vehicles, amongst them was a  bright red pickup that had been used for deliveries and general running around and had a beautiful job of decals/stickers on it in bright vinyl colours advertising the company and their products. It was truly a credit to the sign company that had originally decorated it four years previously. Although it had been carefully maintained and serviced it was really putting on the miles so the company decided it was time to replace it.

It was given to a company of detailers who prepared cars for resale who really knew how to make it like new again by pressure hosing the engine to remove all grease and oil stains, spruce up the interior upholstery and trim, make the tyres and wheels like new and make the whole car spotless and extremely presentable. This also include  removing all decals and stickers and any adhesive remaining and then polishing the paint work till you could almost see your face in it. I am always truly amazed with what detailers can do to a vehicle as it really increases the resale value.

The first job was to remove the decals and stickers and this was given to a brand new employee who it appears he wasn’t to bright, I suppose another way of saying it was that he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the tool box. He was shown the usual very slow process of a hot air gun. It seemed this was too slow for him so he thought a razor blade would speed the process up, well it did but it also cut through the paint creating an unbelievable amount of damage by exposing small patches of the undercoat and in some areas through to the metal.

The end result was the vehicle had to rubbed back, undercoated and completely resprayed again costing the detailers one hell of a lot of money and the new employee was forced to find a new career path.

As the saying goes, “Once bitten, twice shy”, the detailer is now using Wonder Wheels to remove any decals and stickers, as he said to us, “Much safer, much better, much quicker”.

Example of what can happen - Scratched car

Need to remove my family stickers?

One of the latest crazes to hit the world are the “My Family” decals and stickers that go on the rear window of autos. You can buy My family stickers in gift shops or on line and it is a very cute idea.  They are about four inches high (except the children are half as high and the dogs, cats, pets  about one inch high. They are all the members of a family, Mums, Dads, boys girls and pets. They are all in many styles, for example Dad in a fishing outfit with rod, or playing baseball or in his casual weekend clothes, there are dozens of choices, the same for Mum in many outfits, she can be what she wants and there are different size boys and girls and even babies and then pets too.

Time to remove My family stickers – when selling your car

They are great fun but when it comes time to sell the car or an addition to the family or the kids want different one you will need to remove My Family stickers, and quickest and the best way is with the Wonder Wheel, clean, quick and very easy. (But take care you don’t damage the wires for the electric rear window heater). The wonder Wheel will take less than one minute to remove a character.

We have also included a video demonstation showing how to remove my family stickers

It must be the season changing as it appears a lot of people are taking out the RV, getting it ready for summer holidays

This week I’ve had a couple enquiries from men who have been told from their wives that they need to clean up the motorhome before they take it touring for the summer.

And you know what “cleaning” the RV means? Removing those old decals that have been stuck on for years.

The biggest surprise for me, is not that so many wives are asking their husbands to take of these decals, rather the size of the motorhomes…. Some of them are massive

Taking decals off a 30 foot RV is not a quick job. That’s why you want the fastest and easiest way to take those decals off. Otherwise a 4 hour job could turn in a few weekends worth of work.

What we suggest for the really big RV’s is the wonder wheel. It works by stripping away the decal and is the fastest way we have found to remove those big decals from RV’s.

For any adhesive or glue left over, you can try some citrus degreaser that works great as a general cleaning agent and removing any left over glue

So for this summer, hopefully you can take out the RV Campervan and get to see some of the magnificent sites in the USA.

Regards,

Peter

P.S – and if you use the Wonder Wheel, you will save yourself a lot of time and keep the Mrs happy by having a clean motor home that is decal free

RV Campervan Remove Decal

RV Campervan New Decals that don't need removing

Last week I had a call from a Chase who is starting up his own decal removal business in LA.

He was an energised entrepreneur with lots of get up and go about his new venture. His business proposal was to remove decals from cars and trailers at half the price of his competition…. Now that is something.

I was impressed by Chase’s attitude.

Now for Chase decal removal business to thrive, he needs a way to remove the decals much faster than what his competition does. That way he will start mark a similar margin per job as he is removing the decals twice as fast.

This is where the Wonder Wheel comes in – Chase believes he will be able to cut his job rate in half because of the time he saves using the fastest way to remove decals…. The Wonder Wheel.

I agree and last week Chase was sent over some Wheels so he could test his theory and start growing his business.

The reason I tell this story was how impressed I was with Chase’s attitude. He found a market, looked at how he could do it better than his competition, then executed on his plan

decal entrepreneur los angeles

Regards,
Peter

P.S – Chase, in-case I get any enquiries I get about using your service, I’ll pass on your details

P.P.S – if you have any decal or sticker removal questions, please email me peter@pacificwebb.com.au as we always happy to help people remove decals faster

I am absolutely amazed! There literally dozens and dozens of corporations, companies, businesses and Mom and Pop organisations on the internet advertising that they are in the business of manufacturing decals and stickers from tiny one inch X one inch up to covering the cargo sides on trucks and even buildings. Yet not one of them in their web sites tells or advises how to remove these decals and stickers from objects when their use by date has arrived. I am also amazed at the number of different materials decals and stickers are manufactured from, paper, vinyl, metallic gold and silver, reflective, clear vinyl, dome (3D), the list is long.

I then checked in some blogs and once again was amazed because there were so many people asking how to safely remove decals and stickers off cars, trucks, motor cycles, windows, machinery, earth moving equipment and so many more but at the top of the list were motor vehicles and trucks. This must be one of the best kept secrets in the decal and sticker industry. I have had over 25 years in the sign industry and it had always been a problem until I found the answer. One of the toughest nuts I have ever had to crack is how to remove security signs, I mean the small plates affixed to some types of expensive vehicles and machinery, they have a simulated metal face but if you ever try to remove them they break into tiny parts and will not come off with a hot air gun. There is only one way to remove these and that is with the best kept secret in the sign industry. It is called the” Wonder Wheel” and I have personally been using this for the last six years and it certainly has made my life easy. It is ever so easy to use, all you need is an electric drill and the “Wonder wheel”  fits into the chuck.  I have taken pin striping off cars in minutes and I don’t have to wear out my finger nail in the process. It is fascinating how and where and different types of decals and stickers it will remove butI have said enough, if you are interested go to their  web site

www.decalstickerremover.com

It certainly is a busy world we live in today, everyone has so much to do and there never seems enough time do and see everything.

Last night I needed to have some stickers made for our vintage car club to go on the windscreen to advise that the owners membership was current for the year. We only needed 100, decided to have them made circular with a few words, the top line will say “Goggomobil Register & Club”, second line, “ Member” and third line “2013”. It then occurred to me I didn’t have a clue where I could get them made so went into the internet. Need I say I was bamboozled by the number of sites there were. There were sites for stickers to do with practically anything. Paper, white vinyl, transparent, dome, metallic foil, silver/gold metallic, dome (3D), religious, fraternity, flower, safety, sorority, glitter powder, custom, instructional, static cling, tribal, advertising, and so the list goes on it seems endless. At long last I found a company who seemed to know what they were doing  so sent off for a quote and the reply came back today so will get them to do the job.

Bet you have never heard of a Goggomobil car? There were made from 1956 till 1962 and were a microcar, less than 10 feet long and had a tiny twin cylinder two stroke engine. They were extremely popular in Europe where over 200,000 were manufactured and due to the good fuel consumption and small price tag they were highly sought after. They were made both in Germany and Australia (under licence). Have included some photos below so you may see these cute little cars.

In a few days we should be posting out our new membership decals to members.

An American past time love is touring the country in a RV Motorhome.

After many years of working, the fortunate couples who have worked hard for their retirement, often buy a Motorhome and tour the USA…. And you can see why with the amazing sights of the Rocky’s, Grand Canyon, and so many historic tours.

I have found over the last few months and maybe it because we are moving towards the summer, I have been receiving enquiries to remove decal strips and stickers from RV motorhomes (campervans).

Couples sometimes buy a RV motorhome that is second hand and some of the older styles campervans have large decals or stripes down the side of the van that need to be removed

Due to the size of them, and often because they have been baked on by the sun, they are hard to remove.

To remove these, I recommend the wonder wheel and recently have had some excellent feedback with the use. One recently happy customer wrote to me saying

“thanks for inviting the Wonder wheel. I ended up buying 3 of them and now have a motorhome that looks brand new”

RV Motor Home - Decals to be removed before touring USA

Happy travelling

Peter

P.S – I didn’t invent the wonder wheel, though appreciate the compliment

I had an enquiry the other day to remove a massive decal from a factory sign.

The company produces glass and had recently re-painted the factory, I presume, to look smarter. (and yes, the business looks very professional now).

The reason I was surprised I had an enquiry from them, is that they produce glass…. and glass often has decals on them. The reason they didn’t know how to remove the decal is they produce the glass and are not involved in the cleaning of glass that can sometime have decals on it.

Anyway, there sign is about 30 foot wide and they had gotten the office jnr to try and remove the massive sign with metal razor blade, heat guns or factory kitchen cleaner. The result, they didnt work that well.

Hence I sent them a demo wheel as I knew they would need a few and guess what, they loved it…..

Below picture is not of the factory sign deacl, that a picture I saw the other week…. a big decal