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OK so I bought several pieces of plastic and they are all sorts of colours that I wanna make in to a set.

I cleaned the plastic with T cut kinda stuff and I heated the various stickers with the eldest brat's hair drier and pulled them off.

The problem is the surface is still sticky with what looks like alayer of glue film.
What is the best way to get that crap off without damaging the plastic underneath?
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acetone with a shop papertowel works well
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use the wifes nail varnish remover works for me
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FZR AL wrote:use the wifes nail varnish remover works for me
Fairly certain that's the acetone suggested in the post above... :banana:
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any citris based adhesive remover. only removes the adhesive.
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prep solve from your local paint shop
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Thanks Guys I really need to put that info some place I can never remember wether Acetone will Damage the plastic I know it will the windshield as that is a different base plastic.
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wd40 or mr sheen furniture polish is supposed to be good. But make sure the areas fully degreased afterwards if you go for the WD40 option
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Stig wrote:wd40 or mr sheen furniture polish is supposed to be good. But make sure the areas fully degreased afterwards if you go for the WD40 option
Hi,
well I tried some lemon scented cleaner = useless
the eldest brats nail polish remover with acetone content= if i had 6 months it might eventually get the stuff off

Mr- sheen = soak for 30 secs and away it comes
thanks Stig
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