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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: neil on February 18, 2012, 10:23 PM

Title: applying decals
Post by: neil on February 18, 2012, 10:23 PM

whats the easiest way to remove and to apply new decals without getting bubbles?

Title: Re: applying decals
Post by: hunterdubber on February 19, 2012, 12:02 AM

Here you go Neil  ;)

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=24584.0

Title: Re: applying decals
Post by: hunterdubber on February 19, 2012, 12:05 AM

and a hair dryer to remove em  :daumenhoch:

and I use metal poish waddding to remove sticky residue once decal  is off ,,there's probably a better alternative  ::)

Title: Re: applying decals
Post by: Dannywhac on February 19, 2012, 12:16 AM

Quote from: Hunterdubber on February 19, 2012, 12:05 AM

and a hair dryer to remove em  :daumenhoch:

and I use metal poish waddding to remove sticky residue once decal  is off ,,there's probably a better alternative  ::)

X2 - hair dryers better than boiling water if you want to repop em as boiling water makes em stretch when you take them off.

Only thing better than a bit of Brasso wadding for removing residue  is:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SERVISOL-IPA170-400ML-701-131-/250986449786?pt=UK_AudioElectronicsVideo_Video_TelevisionSetTopBoxes&hash=item3a6ff54b7a

Title: Re: applying decals
Post by: Stella Dave on February 21, 2012, 03:30 PM

I like the wet method! lol, If you have shaky hands def go this way as you can reposition the decals