Boot Stripe/graphics Removal

[phester]

I took off the bootstripe w/ a hair drier....it came off w/ ease. Lightly compounded were stripe used to be and it looks almost as if it was never there.

[rebel44]

i removed the stripes and wellcraft stickers on my 1986 CC.

I tried a heat gun and a razor..extremely stubborn, only little peices would come off
at a times.

i went to an automotive paint supplier who sold me a rubber? wheel you attach to a drill.
this easily peeled off all striping. It heats up as you apply a little pressure and wipes the stickers away. i recall it costs $30.

[Petrus]

OK- thanks guys. One I get this puppy unwrapped and the weather heats up by 30 degrees will get at it. Launch date is only 2 months away.

[bcmarinamanager]

I've taken all but the Wellcraft sticker off mine. Brake cleaner works great. It evaporates really fast, so you have to work in small areas at a time, but it doesn't hurt the gel coat, and the stickers can be scrapped off with a razor blade or plastic putty knife. The razor blade helps get more of the sticky stuff faster. You can look a t my pics and see that it really didn't leave too bad-a-streaks on the boat from the old stickers.

[Skools Out]

acetone and/or laquer thinner worked well for me. nail polish remover works well too.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Skools, nail polish remover IS Acetone...geez, have I taught you NOTHING?

[Stillrunning]

I stripe cars, boats, and anything else that needed striping. We used a heat gun heating a small area and pulling it off with one hand while keeping it heated with the other. The stripe is old so it maybe be brittle and one of the other methods may work better.

[C YENSEN]

mine powerwashed off

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by bcmarinamanager

I've taken all but the Wellcraft sticker off mine. Brake cleaner works great. It evaporates really fast, so you have to work in small areas at a time, but it doesn't hurt the gel coat, and the stickers can be scrapped off with a razor blade or plastic putty knife. The razor blade helps get more of the sticky stuff faster. You can look a t my pics and see that it really didn't leave too bad-a-streaks on the boat from the old stickers.

Hey, didn't you use that poly something that you brush on to give you boat that great shine? If so, can you give me/us some feed back as to how it still looks and if it has held up after a year?

[randlemanboater]

You wont be able to pull yourself up by you boot stripes if you take em off.