Adhesive removal

Car paint wiht adhesive on

Introduction

Use this guide to safely remove adhesive from your car's paintwork.

Steps

  1. Equipment
  2. Remove
  3. Clean

1. Equipment

Gather the following equipment to complete this guide.

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2. Remove

  1. Apply about 2ml of adhesive remover to the adhesive and let it sit for at least 3 minutes.

    Koch Chemie tea Car paint with adhesive on

  2. If the adhesive is quite viscous, use a plastic scraper to loosen most of it.

    Prying adhesive with plastic pry tool

  3. Next, wipe down the remainder of the adhesive with a paper towel.

    Wiping adhesive with paper towel

  4. Repeat steps 1 - 3 until all adhesive is removed.

3. Clean

  1. After most of the adhesive has been removed, apply a little isopropyl alcohol and wipe it down with some paper towel to remove any excess adhesive remover.

    Clean car paint

🏁 Conclusion

With Koch Chemie Tea, removing adhesive is really effective. However, if like me, you used Gorilla tape to secure a temporary tarp roof, it'll probably take 3 or 4 attempts of step 2 to fully remove all the adhesive.