Heat Gun Remove Vinyl Lettering

This is where a heat gun and adhesive remover can come in handy.

Heat gun remove vinyl lettering.

For example if you are trying to remove vinyl lettering that has been on the outside of a glass door for a long period of time the vinyl might have become brittle and could be a bit more difficult to remove. The vinyl eraser will remove dot reflective tape and adhesives as well as vinyl lettering decals graphics and pinstripes. Factory automotive paint is usually impervious to the plastic or wood scraping but if the vehicle has been repainted there is more danger of damaging the paint so take care not to. Along with location comes weather elements.

Take care not to burn your fingers when you begin to remove the vehicle lettering or graphic. Unlike other solid vinyl removal products it does not sand the surface creating heat and potentially damaging the paint or substrate. Try to keep the heat gun between 4 to 6 inches from the glass and heat until the window is warm to the touch. Continue peeling the letters like this slowly and heating with the hairdryer or heat gun the.

Instead of it peeling up easily as new vinyl does the old vinyl was coming off in tiny chippy pieces. The heat gun can heat the metal vehicle to a very high temperature. If you heat from the inside you take the risk of melting the tint to the window. Use the heat gun on the outside of the window to warm the adhesive and tinting on the inside.

Removing the vinyl lettering is time consuming but not complicated. Jens lambert demand media. Homeright sent me a heat deluxe ii heat gun and i figured it might be the perfect tool to remove these letters easily.