Help Removing Decals!

[Garn]

I want to remove the "LS" stickers on the outside of my boat. How the heck do I do that without scratching the crap out of my gelcoat?

Thanks,

Garn

[brain_rinse]

On an 07 they should still peel right off without much issue. A heat gun or even a hairdryer and some fingernails should take care of it.

[Razzman]

Soften the edge up with a hair dryer and pull it back. Then just keep the hair dryer on the decal as you pull back.

[jmvotto]

Soften the edge up with a hair dryer and pull it back. Then just keep the hair dryer on the decal as you pull back.

2nd that, clean up residual glue with goo gone.

[mmandley]

IDK about a hair dryer lol.

When i did mine this is how i did it. I used a heat gun from harbor freight 9.99

Heat a section about the size of your hand up. If you cant touch it, its too hot then LOL.

Run your finger over an edge, when its hot enough it will roll under your finger and then you can grab it and pull it gently off.

I found of i applied heat to the stickers as i was pulling the vynal would shrivel and break really fast.

I used good ole fashion MeGuries Marine compound to remove the glue, then re-waxed it.

Im sure a hair dryer will work with the heat it puts out but i was removing tons of stickers and Claudia wasn't going to lend me her $80 salon dryer LOL.

[kennedy]

I just did the same thing to my MOOMBA XLV GG.

I like the naked look that the boat has now.

[Razzman]

Mike it shriveled and broke because it got too hot. All you need to do is warm the glue that way the vinyl still holds rigidity. If you do use a heat gun you have to keep it moving rapidly around the decal so one area doesn't get too hot.

[squeeg333]

I am assuming this hair dryer trick work for the warning label stickers around the boat? I'd like to remove some of them. I think 15 around the boat is a little overkill (okay, 15 may be a bit high, but you get my point!)

[newty]

I am assuming this hair dryer trick work for the warning label stickers around the boat? I'd like to remove some of them. I think 15 around the boat is a little overkill (okay, 15 may be a bit high, but you get my point!)

The day I got the boat home I ripped every interior sticker out of my boat.
The only ones left is the CG capacity sticker and the "warranty void if removed" sticker off the tower.

They are all just warning and info stickers, and they are all ugly.
They were easy to get off because they were only a week or two old.

The rest of the boat soon followed.
And now you know... The rest of the story!

[newty]

I just did the same thing to my MOOMBA XLV GG.

I like the naked look that the boat has now.

That XLV looks great like that!