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Anyone REMOVED carbon wrap from bonnet ?

Old Jul 10, 2013 | 05:24 PM
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Default Anyone REMOVED carbon wrap from bonnet ?

Its bloody hard LOL

using a hairdryer in places but not much help, even in this hot weather it just breaks off in strips rather than big segments, a long night ahead for me, huf LOL

Any advice for removing the stuff easy ? like soaking the bonnet in petrol and burning it all off :-)
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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Yea the petrol thing would be goin a tad over the top .
Kinda reminds me of stripping the house of woodchip in the 80's
You just gota crack on RIG
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 06:07 PM
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Heat gun , as the hairdryer isnt hot enough.
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 06:21 PM
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I have done this m8 and a heat gun works best wean you get a lip up on it just heat up and lift bit buy bit m8 good luck
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 06:56 PM
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Are you referring to fake carbon look vinyl?
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 08:18 PM
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Deffo need a heat gun.
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 09:56 PM
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cheers guys, surely a heat gun is too hot, i mean, 350 degrees, im going to burn my paint LOL, i have a heat gun, any tips, keep it far away and all that ?!?!
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 10:20 PM
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Keep it moving while pulling the vinyl and the paint wont have to take the heat very long.
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 11:35 PM
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I've seen wrap removed at www.pwpro.co.uk with a steam hand held gun. came off dead easy from a R8
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 12:31 AM
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well, i have half off with the hairdryer so will give the heat gun a go in the morning, oh god LOL !!!!!
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 07:20 AM
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you'll burn your paint work!!
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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watched a couple of pro's doing it
get a water spray bottle and fill with boiling water get a corner up and keep spraying behind while peeling
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 05:16 PM
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Cheers for the input guys, eventhe pro`s would struggle with this one, its been on 7 yrs + and is very brittle, im using a combination of heatgun and an old CD to remove it all , very time consuming but getting there, only 1 corner patch to go, all in about 5 hrs to remove it once im done, thats with buffing the bonnet as well to remove glue residue etc.
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