Remove 3D Moomba Lettering

[KSmith]

Howdy! I am removing the 3D Chrome Moomba lettering from the sides of the hull. The new big chunky 3D Moomba lettering. Seems a couple of the letters were trying to remove themselves and got caught on the trailer guide pole, messed them up pretty good.

Anyway, I tore off the rest of the letters but in many places the foam tore off from the lettering and is stuck to the adhesive which is stuck to the gel-coat...

I have tried every chemical I can think of and nothing is working. Seems the solvents aren't getting through to the adhesive due to the foam...

Heat gun made matters worse, pretty much turned the foam into a solid mass of impenetrable hard black plastic...

Any ideas??

I ordered some plastic razor blades as a last resort. Which is fine, I can take a day to gently scrape this junk off, but I prefer an easier approach as I am inherently lazy

Thanks!

[mmandley]

Id have to go with Heat gun and plastic putty knife.

Heat the boat right next to the foam, not the foam directly, then just start working the putty knife in there.

Other then that not to sure.

[KG's Supra24]

Id have to go with Heat gun and plastic putty knife.

Heat the boat right next to the foam, not the foam directly, then just start working the putty knife in there.

Other then that not to sure.

I use this same method for pulling lettering off the cars. It is time consuming. Once I get the foam off I wipe the adhesive off with a rag with some gas poured on it. Just be sure to clean the boat real well afterwards.

[wolfeman131]

I say leave the sticky goo on the side and see what you can catch out of the lake with it.

Did you ruin the letters? If not, do you think they could be remounted and would you want to sell them?

[kaneboats]

Did you try WD40? I use it all the time for sticky stuff.

[spoon03]

Second the WD-40..

[KSmith]

I say leave the sticky goo on the side and see what you can catch out of the lake with it.

Did you ruin the letters? If not, do you think they could be remounted and would you want to sell them?

LMAO.. yeah, could be interesting. The black foam still stuck to the hull does have a somewhat abstract appeal to it

The letters are destroyed now, tough to get them off. After the first ones were damaged by the trailer guide poles it was a free for all LOL rip and tear curse and swear...

Thanks Guys, I tried WD40, Acetone, Goof Off, Paint Thinner, Lacquer Thinner, Dizolvit (sp?) from Wally World (a suggestion from another forum), um... what else... several other chemicals, seems I inhaled the fumes a bit much as I can't recall what they were...

Oh at one point shot it with wasp killer, WTH right?

at any rate nothing worked.

EDIT: I have some plastic chisel point razor blade on order, should be here tomorrow, but I may not get around to spending a day gently scraping the goo until the weekend or next week...

[viking]

U shoulda left the ones that weren't damaged. People would be asking you why you have a big

MO M ....... on the side of your boat

[STANG KILLA SS]

ive removed badges from cars. my favority method is two pieces of dowel rods (or bic pens etc) and string, i prefered spider wire fishing line.
you tie it to the two rods about 12-18" pieces,slide it behind the badge/letter and saw the foam backing tape in half.

garantees no scratches to the finish. especially with our soft gel coats.

[KSmith]

U shoulda left the ones that weren't damaged. People would be asking you why you have a big

MO M ....... on the side of your boat

LOL Yeah, the last 3 were okay, so I could have left MBA and made them wonder... Oh well...