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Getting die-cut stickers off your skis
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What is the easiest way to get die-cut stickers off of your skis? My fingernail and my plexi-scraper (used for waxing) just don't work.
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hold a hot wet washcloth to it to soften it up, then scrape it with your fingernail.
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Eh, just tried it, really didn't do anything...
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Probably try a blow dryer
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yea definitely see if you can get your hands on one of those and give it a shot. i use one in lab many a time to take parts off circuit boards. it heats up the metal solder so it's soft enough to pop a part right off. so if it can soften up metal like that, i'm sure it'd do the trick on adhesive.
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wow i just sounded like quite the nerd, but yea...
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^ i prolly shoulda used the hockey stick analogy to seem cooler - using a heat gun to heat up the glue to swap blades
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thought of one more thing... acetone should work. but might want to double check on that to make sure it doesn't mess up the finish on the skis. i think it should be ok though.
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blow-dryer would reverse the effect, it would actually make it stick better... melting the adhesive to the top-sheet creating a stronger bond...
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will it ruin the top-sheet?
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thats not true at all, whenever you buy golf clubs they always blow-dry the impossible-to-get-off stickers and price tags that come on them. they do it for other things too. blow dryer should work.
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aww... thought I was smart...
Well anyways, nail polish remover worked!
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WD 40 baby!! hah let it soak tan scrape it off
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get this stuff called goo-gone
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razor blade then wd 40 and fingernail for whatever goo is left
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you do know heat guns are designed to remove glue right? they do more on adhesives, as long as you remove them when it's hot. a blow dryer is very similar, though with less heat put out.
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a blow drier will make the sticker edges peel up and easier to get off
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blowdryer and a razor blade
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