How to remove adhesives (rain guards)

I think this might be the right place for this. my window rain guards were pretty cracked up on the truck i'm selling soon. so i figured i would just remove them. i got most of the glue and adhesive strip off. i used a plastic scraper and goo gone. whats the best way to remove the rest of this stuff? its a little thicker on the driver's side due to the original owner's poor placement of the rain guard...

 

You could try some isopropyl alcohol (IPA). When I use it for sap/adhesives on my truck, I pre-soak a small patch of a rag with IPA and have a second towel soaked in water.

Wipe/soak a few seconds with the alcohol soaked rag, then immediately wipe it off with the wet towel. Repeat. It may take some time- I just don't like to let the IPA dwell on the paint. It shouldn't do damage unless it dwells (i.e. Don't let it get underneath any rubber trim where it can sit on the paint for an extended period).

 

3M Adhesive Remover and elbow grease. Once you get it off you will proably have some ghosting. You'll then to buff that out with a polisher to get it all off. Hope that helps.

 

Best easiest qnd cheapest thing i have found, i used to do alot of decals, is using hot water and joy dishwashing liquid. Get a squirt bottle and fill it about 3/4 the way up with hot tap water, then put about a teaspoon of joy dishwaasing liquid in ut. Just plain lemon liquid, nothing fruity or fancy, then stir it up a little bit. Ssquirt it on smaller sections at a time, let it set a minute, saturate it pretty good, then wipe it away, take a little lbow grease but does a good job. Then when your done, just wipe it clean with a dry cloth, and maybe throw a little wax on there, and it will look good as new. Joy will do wonders washing a vehicle, but you can't use it alot, because it can and will damage the clearcoat on the vehicle. Always throw a really good coat of wax on it when you get done as well. Works wonders on tar and really hard bugs as well. I usually wash my vehicles at least once every two years in it. Just helps get any gritty stuck on residue off. Hopefully this helps you out!!

 

We use this product daily at the dealership I work at. It doesn't hurt the paint and does a great job.

 

3M Adhesive Remover is what I use.

 

The best adhesive remover is WD-40

 

WD-40 does work great