Echo42987 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I recently used a great product on my car and saved a lot of time removing the annoying adhesive off of my car. I'm not sure if most of you know about this product or not but it is safe to use on your vehicle at LOW RPMs and will not damage your paint. You can of course spray your product first with some goo gone, etc. But just attach this wheel to your drill, put it to it's lowest speed, and let it pull away all of the adhesive. It works great and saves TONS of time. It took me about 5 mins to remove all of the adhesive left over from "Taurus." Do not let it run over the same spot for a long period of time though as it will eventually try and pull away your protective clear coat. But you really have to push it and run it on there for awhile to have that happen. Once you've removed all of the adhesive, clean the area and make sure to put a new coat of wax on that spot of the car. Tell me what you guys think. It might not be worth it unless you are doing it for a few vehicles, but it is something nice to have laying around. http://www.amazon.com/3M-7498-STRIPE-WHEEL-W-ARBOR/dp/B00063VT0G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjhpadi Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Not sure I like the idea of using a drill on the finish. When I moved my emblems, just used some Bug & Tar Remover and elbow grease. Followed it up with Adam's Revive Polish and the surface was completely clean. Did take a bit of work but no chance of damage to the finish. The wheel looks OK and it is a 3M product so it comes from a company that you can trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Heat gun or hair drier to loosen and get off the big pieces and wax and grease remover to get off the rest. Being paint industry I would advise extreme caution when using any power tool with any type of remover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I have a 3M eraser wheel and swear by it. I have never had any damage from it. I use the 3M wheel, then 3M adhesive remover for anything remaining. it is the fastest and easiest method I have found for removing large trim piece adhesive (ie large side moldings off SUVs) . For small stuff, not necessarily worth the hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Ok alright, was my cell phone and didn't examine the product, I just seen there was some sort of machine involved and chemical remover. My concern was removers/solvents do remove paint but only a very slight amount, where talking microns. Add in a machine and this rapidly speeds up things. But this tool is probably much safer then excessively rubbing with a solvent or a remover. Solvent a removers are great too, just don't use longer on a area for more then a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I had the same apprehensions until I tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo42987 Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Actually a lot of the products wont remove any of the paint on our vehicles because of the protective coating that they put over the paint. I agree with TSS there isn't any worries on using this with your vehicle, but could understand the skepticism. It is the quickest method possible to removing any adhesives or decals without damaging it. But that is also why they say to use it at LOW RPMS and at a LOWEST speed on your drill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Echo don't kid yourself about your paints protective coating while durable a resistance can be very easily damaged. I am paint specialist for ford motor for 25yrs now. While paints used on our cars are very durable try letting bird bomb bake on you car for couple days. While your white car will fair better then dark color, just because color never soaks as but heat from sun as a black car will. But some pretty simple stuff can ruin a cars paint and with customer demands grow higher and better quality even the factories have to do up keep on cars stored in the field such washing regularly. While its entirely safe to use solvents and removers on your car, you just don't want rub on area for 10mins getting adhesive off the paint. It will eventually soften and wipe right off. I just breeze over the initial post seen a machine was involved with goo gone. And having had bad experience with goo gone involving plastic before I know its aggressive solvent. Now with that in mind I believe there are couple different formulas of goo gone and which ever one I had dont use it on plastic. But I should read more closely and looked at the tool being used before interjecting a opinion, my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mmyr1chter Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 3M adhesive remover and elbow grease is all you need. I de-badge EVERYTHING with this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigPelo Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Nice info here. I will need some to take out the dealer sticker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo42987 Posted September 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Yeah I'm not saying any of that stuff won't work. But this product takes the "elbow grease" out of your statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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