taking painted letters off a truck

Blazin2000 · 09-20-2004, 02:01 PM

this is just a general question about how to take painted letters off of a truck. We just bought a used roll-off truck from another company and they have their company name painted on the doors and hood of the truck. I was wondering what kinds of things would take off the name but not mess up the paint of the truck. I heard Easy-Off Oven Cleaner works but i was just seeing if you guys know.......thanks

quamen · 09-21-2004, 09:16 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Blazin2000

this is just a general question about how to take painted letters off of a truck. We just bought a used roll-off truck from another company and they have their company name painted on the doors and hood of the truck. I was wondering what kinds of things would take off the name but not mess up the paint of the truck. I heard Easy-Off Oven Cleaner works but i was just seeing if you guys know.......thanks

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09-29-2004, 06:26 PM

You're probably better off getting that panel painted, cause it will probably look like shit with the paint being two different shades

grndscrpr03 · 09-30-2004, 02:44 AM

If it's been painted on then you're gonna have to sand the lettering off and repaint it. If they were vinyl or something then goo gone or something of that sort would work.

BigBassInside · 09-30-2004, 06:12 PM

If it's paint, and was done by a lettering shop with lettering enamel, you can usually get that off with a razor blade, being really really careful, and wetting down the area alot with soapy water. Instead of scraping the stuff off though, try dragging the blade across the paint like you were shaving it. Then when it's off, you can wetsand the area where the letters were and buff it. If it's vinyl, heat up the letters with a heat gun being careful not to get too hot, then peel the letters off. Any excess glue can be taken off using goo gone, that stuff doesn't work too horribly bad, but if the letters have been on a while you'll be able to see an outline where the top layer of clear has faded slightly. To remedy this, you can wetsand and buff the area with a buffing compound, like 3m perfect it, and then buff the area with some kind of finish restorer compound. This will cut down on being able to see the outline very much, usually, it eliminates the problem. Sometimes you can get buy with buffing and not having to wetsand, and sometimes you need to wetsand it first.

09-20-2004, 02:01 PM	#1
Blazin2000 Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 165 Location: north jersey User is: OffLine	taking painted letters off a truck this is just a general question about how to take painted letters off of a truck. We just bought a used roll-off truck from another company and they have their company name painted on the doors and hood of the truck. I was wondering what kinds of things would take off the name but not mess up the paint of the truck. I heard Easy-Off Oven Cleaner works but i was just seeing if you guys know.......thanks
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quamen Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 607 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: taking painted letters off a truck Quote: Originally Posted by Blazin2000 this is just a general question about how to take painted letters off of a truck. We just bought a used roll-off truck from another company and they have their company name painted on the doors and hood of the truck. I was wondering what kinds of things would take off the name but not mess up the paint of the truck. I heard Easy-Off Oven Cleaner works but i was just seeing if you guys know.......thanks graffiti remover by goo gone
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09-29-2004, 06:26 PM	#3
CevJuan Posts: n/a Location: User is:	Re: taking painted letters off a truck You're probably better off getting that panel painted, cause it will probably look like shit with the paint being two different shades Last edited by CevJuan : 09-29-2004 at 06:27 PM.
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09-30-2004, 02:44 AM	#4
grndscrpr03 Hates 'know-it-alls' Age: 29 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 26,065 Location: SOIL User is: OffLine	Re: taking painted letters off a truck If it's been painted on then you're gonna have to sand the lettering off and repaint it. If they were vinyl or something then goo gone or something of that sort would work.
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09-30-2004, 06:12 PM	#5
BigBassInside Imports are bad mmm'kay Age: 25 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,043 Location: South Carolina User is: OffLine	Re: taking painted letters off a truck If it's paint, and was done by a lettering shop with lettering enamel, you can usually get that off with a razor blade, being really really careful, and wetting down the area alot with soapy water. Instead of scraping the stuff off though, try dragging the blade across the paint like you were shaving it. Then when it's off, you can wetsand the area where the letters were and buff it. If it's vinyl, heat up the letters with a heat gun being careful not to get too hot, then peel the letters off. Any excess glue can be taken off using goo gone, that stuff doesn't work too horribly bad, but if the letters have been on a while you'll be able to see an outline where the top layer of clear has faded slightly. To remedy this, you can wetsand and buff the area with a buffing compound, like 3m perfect it, and then buff the area with some kind of finish restorer compound. This will cut down on being able to see the outline very much, usually, it eliminates the problem. Sometimes you can get buy with buffing and not having to wetsand, and sometimes you need to wetsand it first.
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