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Stobe:
Hello,

I'm putting a new CPO (adhesive vinyl) on a metal CP.  I ripped the old CPO off, and it left most of its adhesive on the metal.  Should I take the time to remove the old adhesive (if so, how).  Or should I just stick the new CPO on the already sticky metal?

The metal is pretty much all covered with the sticky residue.

Thanks for any input!

-Stobe

BrentRadio:
That stuff is a ---smurfette--- to get off. I finally had to sand blast it off.

None of the removers that I tried really did anything.

Hawk Daddy:
Definitely remove it.  I used a metal grinder and it worked fine.  And then i painted it black so that anywhere that didn't get covered up wouldn't show threw.

Hawk

Stobe:
Hmm.  I'll have to admit.  That's not what I wanted to hear.  :)

Mamiac:

Yeah, your new overlay wont stick worth a darn if you dont clean the CP up first.  I used WD40 and a scraper (like you use to get the inspection sticker out of your car window) and scraped it off, sanded it, scraped it and so on until it came clean.  It takes a little work but the results are nice!  I'm sure there are better solvents to use than WD40, but thats all I had readily available.  Heres a good example of the difference it makes:


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