Bongo Fury

if the decals and glue have been baked on there is another option,

Toffee wheel, but just dont push too hard. but this is a very handy bit of tool to have.and it works.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glue-Stripe-R ... 3367d4db45

cabte wrote:if the decals and glue have been baked on there is another option,

Toffee wheel, but just dont push too hard. but this is a very handy bit of tool to have.and it works.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glue-Stripe-R ... 3367d4db45

Looks great, I'll give it a go.
BTW, you were absolutely right about using petrol - still hard work but it does the trick. I'm just left with some 'ghosting' of the letters, some patches of decal, and some adhesive edges that are putting up a gallant rearguard action, but the toffee wheel could well see their downfall.
Thanks to all of you for your advice; the wife is thrilled that she no longer has to drive around in a vehicle that declares she is 'bongo friendee'

I'm surprised (and sorry) to hear that the tar remover never worked for you Terry

One of the first jobs i did on my bongo was removing the freetop decals prior to colour coding the roof... Once the tar remover had soaked in well the glue rubbed off pretty easily.

I found Surgical Spirit did the job with ease.

I have been looking for a very long time for an easy way to get my stickers off and tried most thing bar thinners. the answer to the quest is a caramel wheel, you can get them from car body paint shops they takes the stick and glue off in one quick as a flash no harm to the paint work even works on the aft, problem sloved

I've been trying to tell people for ages that a caramel wheel is the answer.

Every time I mention it, I get a barrage of "Use petrol / thinners / haidryer / etc"

I know what I'll use next time!

Also very good at removing the sticky pads that hold numberplates on.

I also have been using caramel wheels/toffee wheels for years and they only cause a problem when used on soft plastic mouldings, door handles etc. You can actually use them to take the graphics straight off without fingernail pealing.

are they made from soft or crunch toffee?....ok , ok , i know they're not really made of toffee.....are they?!

go on then , what are they made of? never seen one before.

I have found when removing any sticky stuff off anything, cotton wool with the "chosen Removal fluid" works very well. I think it is because the cotton wool picks up more of the deposits than say a cloth, duster, kitchen roll...whatever.

Jo

There made from a type of rubber

They are made of some kind of rubber which heats up and removes the decals/glue etc. when hot they smell like caramel. i may have one somewhere if anyone wants a try. i would have to have a look.

we use heat gun or boilin water both work pretty good be carefull with heat gun