Old plastic names - removing

[Metabarca]

I'm giving my old dear the once over, including getting rid of the vinyl name on bow and stern. It's a hell of a job scraping away at it but it's too old to come off cleanly once a corner has been lifted. Are there any magical spray-on sticker removers or other methods I should know about?
Thanks for all help received.

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[charles_reed]

Use a Black & Decker hot air gun - the one they sell for paint stripping - it does a fantastic job providing you don't liner in one place too long. The melting point of the adhesive is only about 20° below the vinyl.

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[sfh]

you can also use hot water to remove if you have not got a hot air gun

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[Dean]

As Charles said use a hot air gun.

I have just done mine today.

Any glue residue left I wiped off with Turps.

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[colvic]

A 1000watt hair drier will also do the job and not be quite so fierce as a hot air gun. To remove the shaddow outline of the lettering, clean area with turps or similar and a light rubbing with "T" cut will remove all trace. Used all the time by garages etc. removing lettering from vans.

Phil

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[anabel]

The hot air gun is ideal for the job provided you take care & remove the heat once the plastic letters start to peel off.:

anabel

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