Removal of wheel stickers / decals

ianeverton
ianeverton Posts: 231
edited November 2012 in Road general
I have some Mavic wheels which I am considering de-stickering but unsure as don't want to start and then get stuck with a whole host of work.

Is it easy enough to do ?
What is the best technique ?
Do i need to buy anything before i start ?

Thanks

Comments

  • Neale1978
    Neale1978 Posts: 484
    Some decals are easy to get off, some are a pain in the butt. Sometimes its best to get a corner up and then peel back slowly to get it off without leaving the sticky stuff on depending on whats its like. I think most rim stickers will be easy though

    alu rims or carbon?
  • ianeverton
    ianeverton Posts: 231
    Carbon
    neale1978 wrote:
    Some decals are easy to get off, some are a pain in the butt. Sometimes its best to get a corner up and then peel back slowly to get it off without leaving the sticky stuff on depending on whats its like. I think most rim stickers will be easy though

    alu rims or carbon?
  • Neale1978
    Neale1978 Posts: 484
    which ones exactly? If the stickers are not under lacquer then its just a case of getting a corner up carefully and peeling it back slow & steady
  • ianeverton
    ianeverton Posts: 231
    I have Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLR's
    neale1978 wrote:
    which ones exactly? If the stickers are not under lacquer then its just a case of getting a corner up carefully and peeling it back slow & steady
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    ianeverton wrote:
    I have Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLR's
    neale1978 wrote:
    which ones exactly? If the stickers are not under lacquer then its just a case of getting a corner up carefully and peeling it back slow & steady

    If you peel them off carefully, you can resell them for quite some money... lots of people on wanna be a cosmic carbine...
    left the forum March 2023
  • richard_farrant
    richard_farrant Posts: 231
    I remember seeing a thread about someone who removed them from some cosmics and then decided they didn't like it
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  • stokey1964
    stokey1964 Posts: 454
    If they are on top of the laquer then use an hairdryer to warm the stickers up, once they start to peel keep the airdryer on them and they will come off easy.

    Any residue can be cleaned off with WD40


    Simon
  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    as above. if you google the wheels under yahoo images you will find lots of images of with and without stickers. I took mine off and preffered it. dont know how you could sell them though as they are no way going to go back on in any way that would look good? mine certainly did not. As above the wd40 works wonders to remove residue, just make sure you wash it off afterwards dont want any of that on the brake track!
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    I think since you have the SLR with Exalith it won't look too bad. I took mine off but I don't really like it due to the alloy braking surface sticking out like a sore thumb.

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