how can i remove the model sticker before shot blast?

[ktmcrasher]

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i want to remove this model sticker on the steerer tube and then refit it later.

any idea how to get it off without damaging it?

[effort=results]

wow an 88. i see why u wana save it. u could try a heat gun and very slowly try to peel . but if it was me id mask it off and tell the bead blasters to stay away from there and sand paper up to it. gona be the safest way.

[ktmcrasher]

or maybe if someone on here reproduces these stickers they might be able to do me a one off?

[atc007]

If they aren't available. I bet blue27 could do it. But I also know he is a very busy man. Lots of heat and patience to ATTEMPT to get it off :(

[350for350]

Too much heat will damage at least some decals/stickers. If you go that way, be careful!

[3 Wheel Drive]

I'd take a few pics of it and email blue27. You don't want a dirty old sticker back on your freshly painted frame. Let Bruce make a new one.

If you really want to save it or any other stickers for that matter, get a razor blade and laquer thinner (paint remover) mineral spirits, etc....

simply pour on and around the sticker, I usually pick under the sticker with the razor blade to start. The thinner will loosen the glue, work the sticker off slowly, peel it back while applying thinner.

I keep thinner in a small plastic bottle from the drug store, makes it easier to apply small amounts.

[ktmcrasher]

ok cheers for the input guys i will strip the rest of it down & see what the frame is like before i start getting people to make stuff for it.

its a very rusty machine & it might not be worth saving even though its a 88 :(

[tri again]

I'll try to get one off a junker and let you know how it goes.
If it was me?
That sticker is so rare, I'd leave it perfectly ugly.

[ktmcrasher]

the more I'm stripping it down the more i think the frame won't be worth saving. i will probably send it away to a specialist to let them clean it up, it looks like its been sat in the sea for 10 years!