- What's going on everybody?
Welcome to Chemical Guys detail garage.
Today we have this beautiful Nismo Nissan GTR in the shop
because the owner wants us to remove the decals
that were remaining on the vehicle.
Now we're going to show you guys how to properly remove this
without using the traditional pick at it
and possibly scratch it.
Were going to show you how to use a heat gun
and remove the vinyl decals or stickers
that are on the vehicle
and also remove any kind of residue.
And this way you get that factory look
without having to polish the vehicle
or potentially scratch the vehicle.
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Now to begin, we've already wiped down the surface
to remove the loose dirt or potential light dust
that it has from sitting inside of the garage today.
But now we're going to move on to the removal process
using a heat gun which has two settings
which is hot and a little hotter.
But we're going to gently warm it up
but we're also going to control the surface area
so we're not potentially warping the metal
or giving too much heat to the decal
that we don't want to remove.
'Cause all we're trying to remove
is the branding right here.
So we'll start off using the lower heat setting.
And you wanna keep it moving constantly.
Kinda like when you're polishing
you wanna make sure it doesn't sit in one area for too long.
(heat gun blowing)
Gonna disperse the heat kinda evenly.
(heat gun blowing)
And we're gonna gently start rolling the vinyl
off the surface.
(heat gun blowing)
These intricate designs that have multiple pieces
are kinda tricky
'cause you have to constantly come back
and take the heat away or bring the heat back.
It gets stuck to your fingers.
But it's a tedious process
but this is virtually the only way to do it
or at least the right way to do it
without harming your vehicle.
(heat gun blowing)
You see here the lettering is a lot easier to remove
obviously because it's a larger piece.
You have more surface area
and it's not as intricate as say the gold leaf
or the wreath that we have here.
There you go, easy to wipe off.
And it looks like for the most part
there's just a fine amount of residue left behind.
So I'll show you how to quickly remove that as well.
You can just barely see the outline
of where the letters used to be.
But the easiest way to remove that
is by using just a little bit of butter wet wax
which has natural cleaning oils
that help to remove any kind of residue
such as adhesive or maybe overspray.
Just a little bit.
And we'll just gently work this into the surface.
I'm going to blotch it out so I'm not creating a huge mess.
And I'm letting the cleaner do most of the work.
I'm only here to help, guide it basically.
Now I'll take a clean towel and check our work.
There you have it.
Nice and smooth, the letters have been removed
without having to scratch it
and now we don't have to polish it
so this is again the easiest way, as well as the right way
to remove your vinyl lettering or decals
so that you can either apply new ones
or just change the whole look of your vehicle.
So if you guys liked today's video
be sure to give it a thumbs up,
drop your comments down below for future videos
and we'll see you next time
right here in the detail garage.
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