okay, i was driving down a street, and turned left at the light, when i was straightening up, i hear a loud pop and for a split second i thought my tire blew... but then i see a whole bunch of brown crap fly up, and i thought it might be coffee in a cup or something, but when i got home, i looked at it and eventually found out that it was some kind of PVC pipe cement. i am currently in the process of trying to get it off and have found that only rubbing alcohol and a lot of fingernail rubbing will get it off, and there's a LOT on it. I need to know if anyone knows anything better to get it off. my friend suggested gasoline, but i'd have to really be careful of the paint.... wash it off right after i put it on, i don't think that'll work too great, any help is appreciated greatly

 

That's a new one.


When you get into adhesives, nail polish remover is usually a good bet, except that you may take off your paint along with the goop...

 

yeah, acetone was my first thought... then my first rejection, it may come to that, if i use it ever so carefully

 

have you ever tried this stuff called goo gone?? I don't have a bottle with me right now so I don't know if its main ingredient is ascetone, but if your can find some and its not like nail polish remover then buy it cause it works really well.

 

Goo Gone was also my first thought. It's main ingredient is citrate (citric acid) I believe, so I am sure it is not going to damage paint.

 

goo be gone

 

Goo Gone is some of the best crap out there.

 

Call a body shop, they can probably help you out.

Also, go and buy some plastic scrapers. They are soft enough not to damage your paint, and hard enought to scrape off the adhesive.

 

Nothin lika a double post.

I agree that Goo Gone is a great thing to have.

 

Goo gone will not harm your paint.
I have used it on all my motorcycles to take off the stickers the factory slaps all over it when brand new.

 

Be really really careful when rubbing, too. A while back someone told me to use a credit card to scrape off one of those retarded dealer decals, which I did....

I put about a thousand micro-fine scratches in my finish, when all was said and done. I curse that fool. It took a lot of time and polishing compound to get that straightened out.

 

I have used acetone on paint before. the paint on our cars cures. rub it down with a cloth soaked in acetone, have another clean cloth ready to remove it. when you are done, wash the care really well. and wax it, twice.
If you still don't want to use acetone, go to an autbody paint supply store and buy some Prep-Sol. this stuff is made to remove anything that might make new paint bubble or fish eye, stuff like that. It has no shine properties so you will need to wash and wax again. you might want to go ahead and polish her too. If you hurry and don't let it set in the sun too long O think you can save your paint.
By the way I used to work in an autobody shop

 

Ok, ya'll are gonna think this sounds stupid, but here's what's worked for me to get road tar off:

Aqua Net hair spray. Spray that **** on until it's running, then start wiping (also works to get magic marker off EVERYTHING, including tile, etc.). Have had no problems getting anything off, and didn't damage paint. I've also heard diesel fuel works & won't wreck the paint, but I've not tried it.

 

I feel for you. I live in Fla and either you have sprinklers or you don't have a lawn. I've worked a lot with pvc the past couple of years. Here's the deal. Go to the hardware store and get a can of pvc pipe cleaner. That is the only thing that will actually disolve the glue. Only thing is that I don't know if it will bite into your paint or not. I suppose you could use it in one hand and then in the other, have a can of WD40 to help neutralize it.

So, buy some, then go to a junk yard and try it on one of their cars.

rob
robfeltner@cfl.rr.com

 

Simple Green and Elbow Greese. Works good for sticker, why not...?

 

well, gasoline, acetone and goo gone work good for the stuff on the body, but not too great on the tire.... but have you ever heard of peanut butter getting gum out of hair? well, it also gets thin layers of PVC pipe cement off of 10th anniversary TII rims soon, it'll be back to normal, thanks for all the input

 

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Maybe goo gone is the same but, I know that Goop-Off works wonders, and you can find it at Home-Depot, be sure to test in a small area just incase it ruims anything