Removing adhesive sticker on headlight

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Removing agglutinative sticker on headlight

Hullo,

My automobile came with Halfords Headlamp Converters (probably been stuck on for 4-5years), after pulling it off, a thin sheet of transparent adhesive is left backside. How should I get rid of it?

I've tried Autoglym tar remover, WD40, using a light shine with a DA and used a credit card to scratch it off only no luck at all. The sparse adhesive seem to have been 'welded' on and feels absolutely flush with the surface.

I was thinking of using a hair drier to 'melt' it and so scrape it off.

Any aid would be appreciated :)

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sharpdeath

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Valet pro glue and tar remover is excellent stuff. Information technology destroyed a crappy ten year erstwhile GB sticker off my sisters car. :D

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Wow thanks for the extremely fast reply!

I'll look into that production. Whatever other suggestions would be greatly appreciated likewise :)

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Attempt very warm water this may help to soften the remains of the residual the try your ag tar & mucilage again , promise this helps , Marking

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I oft use Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection to remove remainder from stickers and so on ... information technology seems to dissolve glue really well. Yous might have some of that boot around. Otherwise, you'll need to buy a dedicated glue remover.

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tardis or any tar and gum remover.

hot water ,hot hot ie hot enough and then you can just nigh stand up it, and something to scrape it off...

dip a sponge in the hot h2o and hold it on the sticker remains so use tar and glue remover.

failing that heat information technology upwards -tar and glue remover-scrape it off.

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Sounds like a hard glue like araldite, sounds pretty chemic resistant. Maybe get a flat bract to scrape it, a plane blade or chisel.
Only if your lights are real glass though

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Thank you for all the suggestions, Volition attempt out some of the options over the weekend!

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They are plastic headlights by the way, probably wont use a chisel but a sharp blade sounds like a plan

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If you cant feel the adhesive and they are plastic lights, I would say there is a proficient chance that whatever glue it is has reacted with your plastic lenses and marked them, so may never come off.... Whatever adhesive it is, yous can ordinarily experience information technology??

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I can sort of experience it when I run my fingers beyond it, but information technology'south very flush with the plastic. using all the things I mentioned to remove it, I managed to partially remove ~ten% of the agglutinative that was left behind.. there are gaps within the agglutinative and so i'thousand hopeful in removing it over the weekend.

I allow you know :)

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try an agressive dirt

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Success!!

finally removed the agglutinative left from the eurolite.

After peeling it off, what was left was two layers.. 1st layer = thin sheet of plastic (which was removed initially using finger nails so realised a sharp blade was best (beingness very careful not to scratch the actual headlight).

The 2d layer was the sticky adhesive layer and the Autoglym tar remover removed information technology with EASE.

At present need to smooth the headlight with Meguiar's Ultimate chemical compound to get that sparking look..

Thank you for all your help!

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Superb! Good to have a success.