Great progress as usual. That arch really does look like mine, damm i think mine and yours were seprated at birth lol Mines even got some Sr stuff as standard too.
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Great progress as usual. That arch really does look like mine, damm i think mine and yours were seprated at birth lol Mines even got some Sr stuff as standard too.
Looking good as usual Ade, I've been using Upol aerosols from a body shop suppliers and found them to be excellent for consitancy and match, might be worth seeing if theres anywhere similar in your area. Probably a bit cheaper than halfrauds too lol
Upol is really good stuff - Used there products many times before :)
not too bothered really coz it'll get resprayed soon anyway...
Saturday 16/08/2008
Spent most of Saturday morning remog the last remaining vinyl panels off the side of my car. I'd already removed the wing and rear 1/4's through rebuidling these areas...
Removing vinyl (or however you spell it!) is pretty easy - just time consuming. This stuff's been on the car over 20 years!
To start you need a heat gun, plastic scraper, some rags, t-cut and super resin polish (or equivalent). You could also do with a sharpish long blade serated edged knife to help remove the bump strips.
Bump strip removal is pretty easy - mine were held in place with 2 foam strips - simply insert the knife between panel and bump strip and grip and cut - once your an inch or so in carefully take the end and as you cut pull back - if youre careful the strip will come away without damaging the panel or the aluminium strip behind - allowing you to r-use it (I'm reusing all of mine).
Once removed youre left with this -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0001-3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0002-4.jpg
Next task is to start removing the vinal. Start from insuide the car and using the heat gun warm the edge overlaps. Keep the gun moving. Once its hot start to peel it back with your fingers (be careful its hot!). you might need to use the scraper to losen the edge a little. Once you get a routine you'll see itpeel back easily - ewhen it resists the glue has taken hold again so heat it up.
Once the edges are removed start on the outside. Star on one ot the tops below the lock for example and using the heat gun to warm a section - I did it in strips starting from the top corner to the bottom of the door at about 5" sections. Once warmed through - hot to the touch, pick a corner and carefully pull away.
Now - if you;ve warmed too much the glue will separate from the vynal and stay ont he panel (a pain in the anus!). if your good then youre glue will come off the panel leaving it clean and bare! once you feel the vinal resist heat it some more. You'll notice when you do this that the section removed will shrink and may tear - if so - use the scraper to get a cover to pull from.
Once removed youre left woth something like this -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0004-6.jpg
Sections of clear paint and glue that got left behind.
Now for the heard part - removing is easy but time consuming.
Start by heating up the glued area by wafting the gun over it-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0005-4.jpg
Then using a cloth over a finger start to pull the edges of the patch in to the centre -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0006-3.jpg
the glue will pull like this -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0004-6.jpg
Work around the edges till youre left with this -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0007-4.jpg
Now I need to remove the remaining foam from the door -
I start by using the heat gun to heat up the remaining foam and then using a scraper scrape off the foam top leaving the glue underneath (this is easier than trying to remove it in a oner).
I then start to heat the glue strip and use the cloth to pull it along and off -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0009-3.jpg
leaving this -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0010-2.jpg
the next stage is to cover the lower section in t-cut and leave it for 5 mins to break the glue residue down. Then get a cloth and buff it off. It will take a couple of passes and you may need to use the gun to soften the more stubborn areas -
After one pass -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0011-4.jpg
After another pass -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0012-5.jpg
I then covered the whole side of the car in t-cut to cut the faded paint back a little to mnatch the pristine lower section thats been protected.
Once applied i left it for 5 mins and then applied a wad of super resin polish and rubbed this in. I then sprayed water on the side of the panels and applied more resin polish onto a lambs wool mop attached to the end of a drill and simply polished away - being very careful on the edges of panels and curves. the amount of dirt that came off was amazing!
heres the finished side -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0015-5.jpg
You can see how the replaced panels and door are different colours - hence the need for me to get the car resprayed (what an excuse!)
I then repeated th eprocess on the other side -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0017-4.jpg
and
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0019-5.jpg
I left the recently painted back passenger panel - needs to harden more plus I may repspray this to hide the dodgy finish!
some nice work there mate :thumb:
If you ever try removing viyl again ade, get yourself some bug and tar remover, or tar and glue, or whatever the hell they call it these days, slap plenty of it on, leave for a few minutes and just wipe off!
i done this to my 1.3sr years ago along the sides and the left over glue came of easy with fuel
Nice one mate - Good to see you again today at the Wheel
One day...That car park will be full of Nova's lol
Car looked mint as well - If you get a message from Greg about the interior I'll go down with you if you'd like :)