How to remove sticky stuff off tailgate?

[Andrew Tollison 3]

Got home from work today and had a surprise waiting on me. My wife had the Sport Trac today and had it detailed while she was at work today. The guy that detailed my Sport Trac must have taken the sticker off the tailgate that had the Ford dealers name on it. Now there is some stickey crap on my tailgate in the lower left hand corner. How do I get this off without messing up the paint?Thank for the help.



Andrew

 

[Nelson Atwell]

I'd try Megiars Quik Detail first. If that doesn't remove it, you could test Goo Gone on an inconspicous spot before trying it on the tailgate.

 

[Ron N]

If you are careful ,I used acetone to take off superglue on a fender.But follow with a high quality wax to seal it._Ron

 

[Casey B]

I used goo gone. Put it on a rag and rubbed it off.

 

[Tony Tassillo]

i used 3M adhesive Remover. best stuff since sliced bread

 

[Chris Kulbaba]

I debaged the entire ST...



The best thing that I found was....



Heat it up and roll it with your thumb.



Comes off quick, no scratches or harmfull chemicals..



I did the whole truck in 1 shot like that, thumb was pretty sore and HOT, but doing one area wouldnt have been a problem what-so-ever.

 

[EddieS'04]

GOO Gone wont hurt the paint....

 

[Mike Wilson]

NO ACETONE!!! NEVER!!! (On Clear Coat!) It will severely "haze" the clearcoat!!!

Goo-Gone, quickly used, with a clean cloth, and then wipe/rinse with some water or wet rag,

then immediately polish/wax with a quality product to prevent degredation of the clear-

coat!

P.S. Andrew, If your "Detailer" did not know any better how to deal with this little problem,

and how to fix it, I may seriously consider calling him a "detailer", and/or taking it back to

him in the future. This is kind of a simple problem when dealing with "adhesive", or

stick-on emblems or decals (de-badging).

 

[Mike Wilson]

 

[Dave Bryant]

De-solve it. Sold at Wally World, works good and wont harm clearcoat.

 

[Andrew Tollison 3]

Thanks for the help guys. I work at 3M so I am going to try the Adhesive Remover since we have tons of it laying around.



Thanks again

Andrew

 

[Dan Otto]

I second Goo Gone. Right on Fast Eddie

 

[WXMotorSports DecalsPartsAccs]

3M will take it off for with no problem.