Door trim decal????

by **Loose1** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:36 pm

Has anyone removed there unsightly (oiltemp warning)decal on drivers side door and if so what did you use to remove leftover residue/sticky shite
Would love to take it straight off with a spirit/alcohol based solvent but too afraid to even attempt ....suggestions.???

Thx dan

by **loweart** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:11 pm

Hey Dan,

Even though I still have my sticker on the driver's side door, the best thing I can recommend for you to use to get rid of the sticky residue is a product called De-solv-it ! You can get these in the small 100ml bottles at Bunnings or Mitre 10 stores ! This stuff has been around for about 15yrs or so and is citrus based so it won't "eat' into anything other than the sticky adhesive residue left by stickers and those nasty magnetic security stickers on the inside covers of DVDs & CDs you get from major dept stores.

Cheers,
Lok

by **Loose1** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:21 pm

Worth a try suppose some one suggested tea tree oil but wonder if it will eat into color/leather...probably should of just left it on
was one of those act first think later situations if u know what i mean

by **adhar** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:12 pm

One of the first things i did was remove that sticker.

I used a dab of mineral turpentine on a rag and all the residue is gone. (i didn't have De-solv-it, i would have used that if i had it.)

by **smythie** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:34 pm

Eucalyptus oil works a treat for removing sticker residue as well.

Did the manuals come with a sticker on the driver's door? If so, mine must have been removed before I got it

by **NoOzL47** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:00 pm

i removd mine, i just used abit of my interior cleaner.. took it right off

by **Digital** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:34 am

yeah one of the first things i removed as well, didnt leave much residue ...also just cleaned with a normal cleaner i think, or coulda been water even.... i stuck the stick onto the inside of the door at the bottom lol

by **541NTT** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:53 am

mine was removed before i got the car, however one thing to note is that even with tinted windows on the car, it seemed the leather had faded a fraction around the sticker, so now i have a darker black square where that sticker used to be!

by **chik_25** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:07 pm

You guys have prompted me to finally clean my door trim, 6 months after taking the sticker off :oops:

eucalyptus oil and then a spray of some interior protector i found in the garage. In fact, the door trim came up so good, i had to clean the other 3!

by **CJ1177** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:31 pm

chik_25 wrote:You guys have prompted me to finally clean my door trim, 6 months after taking the sticker off
eucalyptus oil and then a spray of some interior protector i found in the garage. In fact, the door trim came up so good, i had to clean the other 3!

ha ha why am i not surprised ang

by **Fangin_RX** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:47 pm

I just took mine off and it didnt leave anything on the trim :S, Sticky stuff was there for a week or so but went away

Door trim decal????

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