DIY: Removing those pesky door moulds

[Peter89]

is there any other way to remove the glue then with a caramel wheel. any solvents work?

 

[sprocket]

I found a much faster way to get the strips off.

I spent ages trying with fishing line/hair dryer and eventually got the small front one off, then on the other side i couldnt help but dig into the plastic and not the glue, but eventually got it off.

Then, I had a mate come around, wedge the piece I had taken off already underneath the larger door strips, and pull them off with his bare hands (slowly, as to be carefull) but they were all gone within about 5 mins

Now just gota get this sikaflex off, finally found a caramel wheel!

 

[StockoVRWagz]

as far as Ive found out, caramel wheels will bugger up acrylic paint which was used until VR/VS (ive heard 2pak started in both, I recon I might ring Holden and find a date when Acrylic finished)
Hope that helps

 

[lukeyVY]

lol i tried getting one of the smaller strips off today.. was there with a hairdryer and fishing line for about 5 minutes till i realised this wasnt gonna take 30 minutes.. I was scared i was cutting into the paint or if the strip was screwed into the body. lucky i read this thread before i took the first one off, 10 hours!!
Good thread though mate.

 

[Weekend Warrior]

yeah mate it's a long job! hahaha

Like some one above said though. a bit of a shortcut is to use the fishing line trick to get the first 10cm or some of the strip off then you can kinda twist and move the strip up and down to peel it away from the sika flex.

 

[ruggj]

just wondering, where did people get a caramel wheel from? Bunnings, Auto1, SuperCheap, none had heard of them or had them

i got mine off ebay, Pinstripe Removal Wheel - Adhesive Remover pin stripe - eBay Paint, Body Supplies, Tools, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 13-Mar-09 09:37:35 AEDST)

but you can definitely get one from any automotive paint supply shop as Weekend Warrior said.

 

[sprocket]

We'll ive finally finished mine! An hour here, an hour there, and eventually the're all off! All but a small bit of sikaflex on the back door. My caramel wheel is that worn down and rounded, that i cant get it into the corner of the door mould. On my VT, unlike the VZ in the original post, the groove is much smaller and thus you have to use the caramel wheel on an angle, meaning it wears unevenly.

To fix though, I just grinded against the kerb untill it was square again

Looks awesome, will have to get some pics up asap.

 

[ruggj]

We'll ive finally finished mine! An hour here, an hour there, and eventually the're all off! All but a small bit of sikaflex on the back door. My caramel wheel is that worn down and rounded, that i cant get it into the corner of the door mould. On my VT, unlike the VZ in the original post, the groove is much smaller and thus you have to use the caramel wheel on an angle, meaning it wears unevenly.

To fix though, I just grinded against the kerb untill it was square again

Looks awesome, will have to get some pics up asap.

i did my whole vx and used about 60% of the wheel, but your exactly right, you have to angle it a bit on the groove.

 

[SENNY]

just do it urself it isnt hard with some metho and wax and grease remover and some muscle

 

[DvS_Ls1]

where abouts do i find a caramel wheel im in melbourne around sunshine