 Anyone ever use a heat gun, to remove molding? |
|
|||||||||
 Dec 21 2004, 03:00 AM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Veteran Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,647 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Pittsburgh, PA Member No.: 14  |
I am going to have to remove my door molding to get my new numbers applied to my car. CMC requires 18" numbers and applying over the contours of the doors and molding is next to impossible (I already ruin one set of numbers). The shop manual talks about using a heat gun. Anyone ever done this? Any pitfalls? Any recommendations for a cheap/effective heat gun?
|
 |
 
|
 |
Replies
|
Dec 21 2004, 08:55 PM
Post
#2
|
|
|
ERV Group: Advanced Members Posts: 332 Joined: 22-January 04 Member No.: 143 |
fishing line works great, the gun take for ever because the molding absorbs so much heat it take a while to actually pull off the moldoing and then it's permanently destroyed. I would hate to run the risk of burning the paint.
We have taken the SS stickers off with a fishing line and the stickers are still good minus the adhesive. ERV |
|
|
|
Posts in this topic
KeithO Anyone ever use a heat gun Dec 21 2004, 03:00 AM
Racehead I use a cheap ATD heatgun ( about $20-$2... Dec 21 2004, 03:04 AM Teutonic Speedracer I want to remove the molding too, and was wonderin... Dec 21 2004, 04:12 AM John_D. I've heard fishing line works.... Never tried... Dec 21 2004, 04:17 AM KeithO QUOTE (John_D. @ Dec 20 2004, 10:17 PM)I... Dec 21 2004, 12:53 PM KeithO A guy at work let me borrow his heat gun and I als... Dec 22 2004, 01:27 AM NataSS Inc I just used a hair dryer and peeled it back. ay r... Dec 22 2004, 07:28 PM
ssmokn98 if you're careful you can use a flathead screw... Dec 23 2004, 01:22 AM |
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 8th July 2025 - 05:11 PM |