How to remove a 3M Adhesive Pad Dash-Cam or Helmet-Cam Mount
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2013
- I often get asked about this - so decided I should film the process when I removed my most recent Dash-Cam mount to swap it out for another one. Obviously this works with adhesive mounts from other manufacturers. Most of these claim to be made by 3M, but I have my doubts.
When using dental floss - don’t use the nice soft expanding fluffy stuff, as it snaps. Use the nasty painful hard string like variant - the cheap stuff - far stronger for this job but not as much fun for your gums. - Наука та технологія
Thanks for this - very helpful. Dental floss didn't work for me as it kept breaking so I substituted it with 40lb fishing line. Worked a treat.
Awesome thank you!
Pro tip
Mmmm
I used some strong (nylon?) string. Bigger diameter compared to floss but still worked.
Short, sweet and to the point. Greatly appreciated.
Wow, thank you so much! I had a faulty dash cam mount glued to my windshield and had no idea how to get it off. I'd never have thought of dental floss. It took a long time but finally that ugly thing is off and my windshield is clean again. Very helpful!
This video just came extremely in handy; I'm selling my car and wanted to move the dashcam to my new car, and I couldn't figure out how to get the darn sticky pad off. It was a real blast from the past seeing your old 2013 intro again!
I've found it very easy to remove it. All you need is alcohol spray !
firstly, you have to peel the edge a little bit, then you just spray the alcohol right between the surfaces !
Keep peeling while spraying. The job done 💪
What a clever solution! Thank you for posting it. I was at a loss for how to safely remove a mount of mine that uses this stuff but this looks very promising.
Short and sweet to the point, this actually works. I could not get my mount off, using this method, took less than a minute.
I can confirm this works. Put on some external vent screens so I could crack my car windows while it's raining. Had a bad parking job next to a tree pull one off. I was able to remove all the sticky stuff as shown in the video. Once dried (it evaporates almost immediately), I was able to apply some new 3M double sided adhesive strip (comes in different thicknesses) and it has been good as new ever since.
Also wanted to point out that the 3M double sided stuff is also a good interim for sticking velcro to surfaces that are not flat/smooth. Adds a small thickness to the velcro, but you can do pretty much anything you need to with velcro and 3M double sided sticky pads/strips.
You sir are brilliant. I used your method to remove a peel and stick object from a door and it worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch and cheers!
I find that Turpentine (turps) and its variations as used for cleaning paint brushes work quite well for removing any remnants of 3m tape. It takes a minute or so to work, so in stubborn cases, dab it on and leave it a minute. The longer the 3m tape is in situ, the more difficult it becomes to remove.
bless you, i spent $900 on a used drum machine that had wood panels stuck to the sides. the panels blocked me from putting on the protective lid I spent another $50 bucks on. two years later, the panels are finally off!! I used a thin shoelace wrapped around two drum sticks like the garotte technique someone mentioned below. genius, good sir.
Brilliant! Had just abandoned my mount and tried to forget about it. A few minutes with this method and done!
Great video - Thanks! I wish all how-to videos were this short and simple.
thank you so much for the tip. I mounted a gopro clip to my drone and needed to take it off. I've used a hairdryer to remove them before but i was worried about the heat on my drone. This tip helps tremendously.
edit: I better watch the video a few more times to make sure I understand what you did completely. Might as well let the ads play all the way through while im at it.
My floss kept slipping of my banana fingers, so I tied a pen to each end like a garrote wire and it worked perfectly. Awesome video, you saved my phone :D
Works a treat - Isopropanol is non greasy and with no odour. Great tip, thank you.
Thank you so much for this, you've gained a fan, saved me some stress, I was even able to salvage and relocate the dismounted one 2 inches to the left of the original position.
You are a star and a hero. This instruction video was just perfect, it worked so easily and I'm so grateful to you.
Thank you sooo much .
I had to remove one today , which I thought would cost me quite a bit to professionally remove.
It was over in less then 15 minutes.
Blessings!!
Thank you very much for this video. I tried before with a knife etc but I couldn't. After watching this video it took only 5 seconds for me to remove. Really very easy with dental floss.
Brilliant idea! Never would have thought of it. Worked a treat! Thank you.
You my friend are a gentleman and a scholar, worked great.
Thank you so very much for the brilliant suggestion dear Techmoan, much appreciated.
It worked in less than two minutes. thank you so much!! I was starting to get worried. I pick up my new car tomorrow!!
What a life saver!!! So helpful!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
i did this myself after viewing. i used a small diameter but tough twine that I had left after a long ago fence building project, and off it came! thanks for the video!
short, simple. well done. Thanks man!
brilliant!!! worked 100% in less than 60 seconds.. this helped quite a bit
Excellent, concise, helpful. Thank you Techmoan.
I've had great success just using a non-sharp kitchen knife. Slide in a bit and pry...gently, of course. Keep moving it in and it comes off without scratching or breaking anything. I suppose it depends on where you're doing this. For me, it's been glass and acrylic windshields on the car and motorcycle. My most recent dash cam has the clear VHB tape which sticks like crazy, yet peels off easily without leaving any residue. It's very gummy. I plan on buying a roll. 3M VHB 4910 or 4905 depending on the thickness you want. Thanks for the video post!
easy, straight-forward and effective method
Oh wow, just wanted to swap my dashcam and wondered about the 3M tape! Google brings me to my favorite channel!
I did not expect that to work as well as it did.
Thanks!
The important thing to remember when pulling the adhesive off the glass is to do it slowly. Give it time to " let go".
Thanks! Exactly where I was looking for! Even a dashcam application in my case.
Looked up exactly this, opened a few videos in tabs without looking at the uploader, then I was like hey I know this intro from somewhere! Had no idea you had a video on this, and I've seen most of them
WOW. I've had the adhesive pad and the mount from old phone holder on the middle of my windshield for what seems like forever. Will definitely try this, this evening when I get home from work....CHEERS
Thanks for this handy info.
Classic.
I used this method using some strong cotton to remove an old Mini 0803 mount and it worked really well. One thing i would add though is that if you intend to re-use the mount on something else, be careful when sawing through the sticky pad as i damaged the plastic part of mine quite a bit. Luckily the camera was completely broken and getting thrown away anyway.
Excellent Tip - I'll put the wife's hairdryer away now :)
Always floss :)
Thank you! Worked great to remove the mount.
worked like a charm... This is genius!
Mint flavoured floss or standard?
No, seriously, due ye iz a genibus. Thanks for this.
Best tip EVER! My Mini 0801 packed in (think it was faulty from the start tbh). Needed to get the mount off the screen. Dental floss and 2 minutes later the screen was perfectly clean of it and any adhesive residue. My 0801 was refunded and I now have a brand new 0803 which is absolutely fantastic. All based on the recommendation by Techmoan :)
The best method ever. I have just managed to remove mine in less than 5 minutes. Thank you.
Thank you for this great bit of information! Keep up the good work!!
Cheers mate, wouldn't have thought of floss, great idea!
Thank you for this quick and easy method, bless you!!!!
Good one Matt! I use fishing line but have never thought about floss. Fishing line works well though
Great solutions. it works for me. Thank you for this simple and easy solutions.
Thanks
I feel better about using a dash cam with adhesive backing - I just wasn't sure if the glue would perma-damage the glass
I'm suprised that this video is so useful even in 2020.
I absolutely love your sense of humor. (So that's your lot...)
Dental floss by itself didn't hack it for me, even with gloves to prevent cutting through my fingers before cutting through the adhesive. I found a video from 3M showing how to remove several feet of bonded material easily. They used an oscillating tool and rubbing alcohol which they squirted along the edge at the beginning to act as a lubricant and to aid in the release. I squirted some rubbing alcohol across the edge and then went back with the dental floss, which then cut through the adhesive like "a hot wire through butter". Once the rubbing alcohol evaporated, the adhesive seemed to regain it properties, so I repositioned and remounted the dashcam where I really wanted it using the original used adhesive mount. Maybe in a few days or a few months I will come to regret this if the dashcam falls off the windshield and hangs by the cable a few inches in the air, but I still have the extra spare adhesive piece that came with the dashcam to do it right if necessary.
Great tip thanks, worked a treat for me after trying a couple other things.
Saved my life just now. Thanks!
3M sticky tapes are highly durable...and it ain't easy to remove them...especially dental floss...that is truly remarkable
Great tips, worked perfectly! Thank you!
Thank you very much for helping, your method worked perfect on my helmet.👍🏻
This worked pretty dam good. Even works for those stick-on fisheye mirrors.
duuuuuude, I would have never thought of that way, but it friggin worked, it actually worked. Thanks 🙏
thanks for this idea, i tried to use dental floss but it broke instantly, so i found an industrial ziptie and it worked wonders. thanks very much
Handy, never thought of using dental floss. Cheers :)
I was about to ask but you beat me to it. Thanx for the tip :-)
Amazing new intro
Thanks! I used this trick to take my NFC tags off of my metal locker at school so that they'd actually work.
New intro is great :) Please can you upload more kitchen/household videos they were really good!
I'd love to, but I can't find any interesting new kitchen gadgets to make a video about.
Thank you kindly, your video is greatly appreciated.
Thank you that worked perfect. I did both cars and used the alcohol to clean as well. The first one took longer to peel the remaining sticker off the window than to saw it off with the dental floss, so on the second car I used a scraper blade to get the remaining sticker off in seconds then clean up with alcohol. :)
Looks good. I'll try to see how it works. Thanks.
Nice one really worked a treat thanks
Excellent! It worked like a charm. I used the normal threads used for stitching clothes. Tripled the thread and did. Quite useful for Indians who always have threads at home :)
Fishing line is another alternative that works well too.
Great reviews..I dont miss any of your posts..could you possibly review radar scanners? Many learn a lot from your unbiased reviews and I hope scanners are not an ethical issue for you...
youre a life saver sir.
Nice tip @Techmoan! Thanks!
Just tried removing the sticky mount from my old DR32 dashcam (been mounted for about 2 years) and it seems to be near impossible to budge -- impressive adhesive strength. Have tried two brands of dental floss and they both broke after several attempts :(
[update]
Switched to Colgate floss for the 3rd attempt. Finally making some slow progress -- painstakingly sawed through 5mm worth of sticky pad in about 5 minutes before the floss broke again. I actually had to tie some keyrings to either end of the floss in order to get enough grip to saw through the sticky pad (the floss tape was killing my fingers).
The sun went down so I'll have to try again later. I WILL remove this sonovabitch eventually!
44sunsets you are best with the really cheap stuff that isn't waxed or flavoured, or a ribbon. You could also just use string, or fishing twine. Also try heating up the pad with a hairdryer.
Techmoan Thanks for the tips!
+Techmoan happy to report that I finally got the mount off fairly easily after a sunny afternoon's worth of baking the windscreen. Heat makes a HUGE difference (the weather was fairly cool before)! The floss sawed through the adhesive like butter.
+44sunsets Most humourous, glad you managed to remove the sucker eventually.
+Techmoan Heating up can be tricky, because of the glass behind it. Heating the glass causes tension and if there's a weak spot (a small dent for example), it will break.
Life saver, thanks man! Great help.
Took less than 2 minutes to remove the tape from my bike. Thanks:).
Great tip! Bravo mate.
WD 40 is also a solvent and removes glue remains very effectively, and most people probably have it in their homes. I use WD 40 everytime I need to unglue something or if I want to quickly remove the glue from a surface.
Thanks buddy you saved me a lot of time!
Thanks, have not had to do it but now I know if I do.
Great idea. Thanks for sharing!
I got floss in my car so that come in handy…Superb!!
Excellent vidéo. I successfully removed my laptop lock plate from my Macbookpro !
Thank you! Just what I was looking for! 😄
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Appreciate your effort in making your video !
Thank you so much for this. I recently put 3m tape on my windshield for dash camera and dislike. I much prefer suction cups.
Priceless, thanks!
Cool new intro, I like it a lot!
Thanks man! You are a savior
Way more info than what Garmin tells you. Thanks.
thanks dude
its really help me get red off a crappy mountek badge which was stick on my iPhone
thanks for helping me get a 3M sticker off my rental dishwasher!! thought i was gonna have to leave it 😂
Life saver, Thank you for the tip!
I tried the string thing but it was cutting my fingers. Per the Street Guardian dashcam seller on Amazon, I tried my large channel-locks pliers, those instantly did the trick. Put them lengthwise on the edges and twist parallel to the glass.
My car was baking in the +90º sun, but it was still difficult to cut with floss. Also, the leftover adhesive foam was very difficult to remove. Maybe I should have blasted with the heat gun first. Still, I appreciate this video. There's a chance that the adhesive wasn't 3M, which might be more difficult.
Okay I'll try the dental floss which I do have. I'll have to get that cleaning solution you mentioned though
Great tip re the dental floss. I just bought a used car with a mobile phone holder stuck on the screen.
Sewing thread works great too! Just double it and have at it!!
Thank you!!! Floss worked!!!! Got it in 30 seconds. Very much appreciate the video - I was debating getting out a hammer... :-)