My rear numberplate is stuck on with some of those sticky-pads.. i would like to remove the remanents of these to be able to put on my numberplate surround... does anyone have any tips to make it easier to remove the pads, pref without damaging the paintwork?

tar remover normally works for stuff like that...

or good old fasioned white spirit and elbow grease.

Meguires Metal polish worked absolute wonders on mine funnily enough Colin, they came straight off with no effort at all

My rear numberplate is stuck on with some of those sticky-pads.. i would like to remove the remanents of these to be able to put on my numberplate surround... does anyone have any tips to make it easier to remove the pads, pref without damaging the paintwork?

when some thieving toe rag removed my tailgate badge a few weeks ago

they left half the gasket stuck on .... I used brake cleaner ( not brake fluid )

which softened the glue and removed all the residue and left the paintwork

unmarked except where they levered the badge off and damaged the paintwork

I find brake cleaner very usefull for removing sticky labels of most things

it evaporates very qickly

Either bug or tar remover Col, or anything with petrol distillates in it (nail polish remover , WD-40 etc etc)

Steve

I just left the sticky pads on mine and whacked a plate surround over the top - how lazy am I!

I did similar TBH, just stuck the pads in different locations when I put my private plate on the Ibiza!

Steve

Mr Jeeves miracle polish gets rid of literally anything on paintwork.

And you can set fire to your car afterwards.:eek:

It's true, I've seen it on the telly:D

I used the dirtblaster nozzle on the pressure washer, did the job great with no scrubbing.

Servisol Label Remover is something I always have a bottle of around.

Label Remover

or the maplin equivelent (not tried this one myself):

Label Remover

Anyone else tried a Brillo Pad or wire brush they work really well

( No I havent done this )

Anyone else tried a Brillo Pad or wire brush they work really well

( No I havent done this )

Or even the ol' brake fluid method

Yup! Petrol distillates. I don't know what that means, but you used to be able to buy little phials of it that smokers used for their petrol lighters. The nearest equivalent I've found is barbecue lighting fluid (presumably a diluted version). I've had a bottle in the cupboard for years just to take off sticky stuff. Don't even know if they still sell it now. Needs to be cleaned off properly though, given it's flammable LOL.

Mo

I might try using MC2.. aka virosol... works for getting everything else off