How To Remove Cracked RV Graphics || RV Renovation || RV Decals
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- 📍We tried every suggested method to remove the super cracked graphics off of this 2005 Crossroads Silverado and nothing worked.
After trying 20+ methods with little to no success we finally found something that worked! In this video we share the tips and tricks that we learned when successfully taking all of the graphics off of this 5th wheel.
Feel free to comment below any questions you might have!
We purchased the 16oz GraphXoff here www.autotrimdesign.net/graphx...
*Disclaimer*
GraphXoff is only intended to be used on fiberglass/filon and not on metal surfaces. it may remove paint when used on any metal surfaces such as slide-out trim.
TSP may remove wax from RV exterior.
Please use discretion and test any products on an inconspicuous place.
#rvrenovation #rvgraphics #rvdiy
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It takes someone like you who has tried 50 products. Thanks for being so informative on the ones that don't work. I'm about to start mine and got so far as one product and a couple swipes with my plastic scraper and decided that's not going to work. The first video is you and this looks amazing! Thank you!
But I missed of you are working on fiberglass?
We like being able to share our success as well as our failures. Finding this product was a huge success. We are glad it is helping others. Thanks for watching!
Yes, it is fiberglass.
Done my share of paint stripping and I think I might have a hint to help speed up the process. After applying your 'decal lifter' paste cover it with plastic/Seran wrap to keep the paste from drying too fast. Works well with paint strippers.
Thanks for the tip
And what would chemical what a decal lifter be
Some people are natural teachers. Thank you for taking the time to offer this information. Nothing you said was wasted, it was all important and relevant. There are so many people on you tube who are time wasters yammering on, so thank you.
Thank you, that really means a lot! I try my best to present educational content that doesn't waste either of our time.
This is the second video I've watched on removing graphics and I no longer need to research. Thank you for making this video!!!
I'm so glad that you found out helpful! Good luck on your project!
Blessings to you!! As a disabled veteran getting back to my feet, I was encouraged by your video. I seek to remove the decals and restore my 2001 HitchHiker II.
Thank you for your service! Good luck with the decals!
Tons of thanks for your patience and perseverance as ALL OF US HAVE the same questions.
You seriously do an awesome job on this video. You have such a sincere way about you. Very detailed,Great job.
Thank you so much!
Worked like a charm!! Thank you so much! Be careful not to drip on any other portions of your coach-
What a great video! We are planning to remove our faded cracked and shrunken decals on our 2004 Crossroads Cruiser this year. I have watched numerous videos, and GraphixOff looks like the best choice for our application. I read through the comments and saw you ended up wet sanding to remove more of the ghost marks, so I will do that as well before we have new custom decals installed. Thanks again for the info.
Glad it was helpful! Good luck, and have fun!
Your narration is so professional. I look forward to seeing more 💜
Thank you so much!
It’s refreshing to hear what works and what doesn’t. You saved me a ton of work by showing me the Graph-X product you used. THX
We are hoping to share so that we save others valuable time. Glad it helped.
Nice to hear from a real person with real solutions; no "secret sauce" solutions. Thank you so much.
Happy to help!
Grateful to have stumbled upon your video. I also tried many of the same techniques you had, with very minimal success and just gave up. I have a renewed zeal now to try again using this technique and products. Thank you so much.
Yes! You are welcome!
Well Done, young lady. Very informative and helpful.
What an amazing video with great information. Looks like it was a lot of work too. You did a great job, explaining what your process is and how to go about it. Well done!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the feedback.
Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to make this vid, and share with us all. I live in a 2005 5thw and I have been spinning my wheels to hatch a plan to give it a fresh look and those decals , I could do without . So thanks again ! You've inspired me!!!
Very cool! I'm so glad this helped give you an idea!
Phenomenal results. I'd hardly be able to bring myself to use the metal scraper but this said.. I've spent so long on removing adhesive before that explosives become attractive ha. Here's hoping this company thanked you. Good stuff.
We are very pleased. Explosives have been appealing before here, too!
Thank you so much!
I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with removing the graphics. I can’t wait to remove the cracked and faded graphics from my work and play.
You're very welcome! Glad this could help you.
Awesome, I was dreding the job I also need to do. Watched other videos and yours helped the most and looked most effective.
"Thank you"!!!
You're welcome!
Wow! What an awesome, professional, informative video!! Thanks so much for sharing...kept me from having to try all the other products and methods that don't really work. THANKS so much!
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
😍oh my gosh you have just changed my life!! Out of desperation I came in to search after spending an hour with a heat gun and plastic scraper!!
I've been there, for sure! I'm glad you found this.
My wife and I were looking to add vinyl graphics to our truck and trailer, and wasn't sure if we could remove them safely when they became old and cracked. Good job, and thank you for the info.
Glad we could help
Thanks so much for your tips and hard work. Sorry you had to go thru so much research but paid off.
Thanks for sharing.
Best so far! Comprehensive-Thank you! Ordering the product. You've saved me money and time. -You've got to wear eye protection with this product or any that advises it. And thanks for getting to the point instead of waxing on about your personal life or repeating the same info over and over like so many do.....
Glad it helped. Definitely should've been wearing eye protection. Thanks for looking out for us.
Outstanding video.
Huge time saver. Thanks
job well done, you did your research and you did an awesome job 👍
Best video, better than all the men for sure. I like how you talked fast and got to the point. It made it more simple and I have no patience after watching 20 videos of men making at least 45 minutes of stuff that didn’t work well. Kudos to you!!! You ROCK!!
Thank you, we like to give useful information that doesn't waste anyones time.
Awesome and a thorough presentation , would like to find a wife like you whereas I could watch more soap operas and football in the fall and winter ;)
@@ThePerfectSeason1972what a creepy and unnecessary comment 😳
This is helpful, nice work and thank you. Happy Travels!!
Thank you.
I was so going to try the wheel. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Absolutely. We've heard of people that have had success with the wheel, but it didn't work for us at all.
This is awesome
Will order some product now! Thank you!
Best advice ever ! Awesome video, I'll start on mine tomorrow
Good luck!
OMG! I Love you!! Not LOVE you, love you, but LOVE you for showing this process!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!!!!! I'm doing this to my 08 Keystone Lerado this spring.
Good luck
Best video by far! Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for your knowledge, this will save so many headaches and money
Glad it will help! We try to share our successes as well as our fails and what we learned from them.
Great video, I watched it after removing with heat gun. Great idea on using WD-40 to remove adhesive. Gonna try tomorrow. Thanks for the help.
Glad we could help
You just saved my Rv !!!!! Thank you a lot 🙏
Glad I could help! You're welcome!
So helpful! Thank you for sharing!
You are welcome!
SO HELPFUL!!
I also have demonic graphics that are super old and are hard to get off so I appreciate your video. You did a great job🎉
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing this!
You are welcome! Happy to help!
Thank you for your help! I just bought a Cougar RV and as an older woman, I want to avoid the jokes! 😆 Thete’s a product called ‘Goo be Gone’ that takes adhesive off well. I may try it too.
Good luck!
Thank you for the very helpful and excellent video!
Glad it was helpful!
great video. thanks for the research!
You are welcome!
Very helpful, thank you. (+safety glasses)
You are very welcome! And yes, I am terrible about not wearing safely glasses 🙈
@@TheFlippinTilbys TSP is very basic (the opposite of an acid), your eyes deserve to be shielded... It's likely more dangerous that the vinyl remover.
thanks for your research that will save me time and money.
Glad we could help!
Wow! something that works! thanks.
You are welcome!
WOW yes it did a great job easy dang I have the same problem well after I buy this had the same problem that’s awesome
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for the information.
Any time!
I will be trying this thank you.
Good luck! Let us know how it turns out!
I am a 63 yr. old who at my age have been scammed too many times!! which unfortunately has made me a cynic. HOWEVER!! this awesome athletic lady was SPOT! ON! The material worked EXACTLY as she demonstrated. What a relief! Buy It.. It WORKS.. I was a bit surprised on the size when I received it but I applied with a small brush directly out of the top of the lid.. Very Pleased to say the lease.
I'm so glad it worked for you! This is our go-to product for sure.
Well done !!!
Thanks!
I tried a heat gun which started to bubble the fiberglass. Low heat and didn’t stay in one spot long so just throwin that out there. I’ll try this stuff. You seemed authentic and you have cute ears.
Heat guns are great, but can easily do more damage than good. Thanks!
I have just spent the last 3 hours using the 3m wheel. its a waste of time and money. why didnt i see your video sooner. buying this product now. they should pay you for this lol. thank you so much for sharing this information.
Those wheels are a bit of a joke, imo. I hope this works as well for you as it did for us!
Thanks for sharing the tips. Can yall make a video talking about the cost break down in common renovations items?
That's a great idea, I'll see what we can do!
Fantastic video. I was hoping to see a wide shot of the RV with no graphics.
Let me see what I can find
Thank you! ✌️
too good! just bought that stuff
Awesome! Good luck!
Use a bigger brush and it might faster. Very useful video. Thanks!
Great thought. Used what we had as we didn't know how well it was going to work.
My father says that the internets are of the Devil! He is soooooo wrong!!! It's only PARTLY of the Devil! This video has saved me so much time and allowed me to focus more energy on my kids. Thanks for sharing.
Would you recommend using a spray bottle to apply the graphix?
Glad we could help. As far as the spray bottle goes, we never tried it, but it doesn't sound like a terrible idea.
When I removed vinyl from my car mineral spirits worked on most of the glue. I would only use it for that and never use it on the paint for anything else. It might cause damage if used too many times but it is not as harsh as acetone. Acetone might just instantly dissolve the paint! I know it is tricky because you want something that works but won't destroy the paint under the glue.
great job!!! imo it is best just to leave the skin clean of any further decals.... now get that camo hat a fish hook on it already, this will complete your project!!! 🤠
Haha, I'll see what I can do about the fish hook!
Thank you!
You're welcome
Since one bottle is seldom enough, buy two or three(yes$$) use roller(4") and it's super fast and in the big picture it is not as much work as trying to stretch out the dissolving solution. Another big plus is it comes off so much easier if you just soak the graphics the FIRST time. Time vs $$ I do it while I am fishing, seems like multitasking helps the fish bite.
Next time we will buy multiple
What a doll !
Thanks
Awesome cleaner works great on Cleaning RVs also.. You can buy a bottle at the dollar store. Cheap and amazing,
I'll check it out! The ghosting on this rig bled into the fiberglass so topical solutions didn't work, I ended up wet sanding it with favorable results
Hey Guys, Following your method, we removed our worn old graphics. But we have very bad shadows left behind from old stickers being baked on for so long by the sun as you did. You mentioned you had some products on order to remove the shadows or dwell lines. Have you gotten your products in and have you tried them. Can you mentioned what you ordered to remove the shadows. Also if you are using new graphics, where did you order them.. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
We ended up wet sanding it with an orbital sander, starting with a 800 grit and then working up to a 1500 grit. We followed techniques used for restoring the gel coat on boat hulls. It took the worst of the oxidation off but it didn't remove all of it. You could still see slight shadowing but we decided it looked good enough and left it bare. I hope that helps! I didn't get enough footage to do a video of it!
Thanks so much ,I just spent 2hrs removing 5 feet of 1 graphic on my motorhome. You just saved me a huge amount of time. Thank you and thanks for keeping your kids out of the corrupted government schools!
I am so glad the video was helpful to you! And we love homeschooling!
Thank you for this video! I have been trying to figure out how to do this exact thing. Did you ever figure out how to get shadow stains off after? I don’t think we are going to put new decals on
I ended up wet sanding the area, using a 600 grit and slowly going up to a 2000, before buffing and waxing with a compound wax. It removed most, if not all of the ghosting
This is great!! Did anything end up working for the discoloration left behind from the graphics?
Lots of sanding and polishing.
My experience with RV graphics - Takes less time to go back to school, get a master's degree, fight your way up the corporate ladder, and then buy a new RV. When you buy your new RV, order it without graphics. Then retire.
We didn't have that much time. It definitely took longer than we had hoped.
Great video, we have removed all our graphics but the sticky residue is still on some so I am going to try some of your ideas! Our trailer is very oxidized and where the graphics were look the same as your rv. Can you let me know what products and technique you used to help with the graphic shadowing? do you have any pictures of your "after"? TIA!!
I have seen some videos on UA-cam on this, when you use either a rotary buffer or a dual action buffer with a heavy rv/ marine compound to remove the oxidation it will help remove the decale "shadowing " then can be followed up with some wax to make it shine like new!
Very informative. Do you think a paint roller would work as well as a brush?
I only have to remove 8" wide strips and one of those travel map outlines off fiberglass. Mine is old classic without fancy decals.
It would probably work! A paintbrush would allow for a thicker application, but otherwise, I would imagine it would work similarly!
Thanks for presenting the video, but I have a concern. It sounded & looked like you were scraping pretty hard. Did it scratch the RV surface at all? Thx
You should be fine if you use a plastic razor blade and keep it flat!
I love 💕 you!!!
Well, thank you!
I cant find the graphics off solution online, can you share where you purchased it?? This video gave me so much hope for my cracked graphics
It's only sold a few places www.autotrimdesign.net/GraphXOff_Vinyl_Adhesive_Paint_Remover_GROG.asp
Good luck with your graphics!
Great product find, thank you. What is the active ingredient?
I'm not sure.
Does it affect the paint at all?
Awesome video. How many ounces did you have to use for removing all the decals....?
We bought the 4 oz size and still had some leftover after doing the entire rig. It goes pretty far!
Did the scotch brite pad scratch the surface badly? Love the demo and new way to remove decals, but that pad would scratch the heck of the surface, no?
I wet sanded the entire area up to a 2000 grit afterward, removing any microscratches. Then I buffed and waxed the entire rig
Sorry, where do you buy the adhesive remover
Would have been nice to see the whole job after it was finished.
Did you ever figure out how to remove the color variation ? From the staining
When will you post the 'color variant how to remove' video? Thanks! I have just ordered this product. My TT (travel trailer) 2007 is aluminum. Scrapping removes paint no matter how careful I am so, we shall see how this product works. I have my fingers crossed.
Where did you purchase please
Hi! We ended up doing a ton of wet sanding with very fine sand paper. We didn't document it super well but will be doing another project soon and will post how we did it!
What is the best/simplest way to oxidation off glass windshields/ glass windows?
We haven't dealt with this, so probably not the best people to ask.
High marks on your video.
Thank you!!
Hi..you should wear safety glasses..looks good.
Good advice for sure!
Great info, could you turn down your background music in future videos, occasionally drowns you out
Sorry about that, I'll pay attention to that for sure.
Is it possible that the Graphics-off is the same as Zip-Strip? Just wondering, because zip-strip is quite cheap.
It's possible, but I can't say for sure
They make a rubber wheel that attaches to your drill that is meant to remove decals without damaging pAint or gelcoat. Its like a giant eraser that uses friction to rip the decals off, it's by far the fastest way to remove old decals and it doesn't need any chemicals
I've done both. The wheel is NOT faster.
We have used the wheel and decided we like this product better.
Has anyone used a product called Rapid Remover for taking off the adhesive. Apparently works very well.
I've been eyeing that product but I haven't given it a try yet!
Have y’all figured out any remedies to remove the staining left behind from the graphics?
We ended up wet sanding them with very high grit and paper and an orbital sander. I'm doing another RV graphic removal soon and I'll document the entire process
Is this product still available, awesome video! But I can't seem to find it now 😢
It's still available! There is a link in the description, we got it at autotrimdesign.com
Great video. I need to remove a graphic on the nose cap of my fifth wheel. I will test on a small area but am hopefull it will work. If anyone has any experience with removing off the front cap I would appreciate it.
It should work all the same.
Would pre-sanding the grafix have help?
I'm not sure. I guess we'll have to give it a try next time. Let us know if you try it!
I seen someone use goof off or goo off a scraper and heat gun to remove them
That can work on graphics that's aren't cracked. When they are cracked and baked into the filon, it's almost impossible to remove them n with a heat gun
How did you end up dealing with the yellowing?
Lots of sanding and polishing.
Do you have a link? I can not find this product on Amazon did they stop selling it?
This is there I got it from! www.autotrimdesign.net/GraphXOff_Vinyl_Adhesive_Paint_Remover_GROG.asp
@@TheFlippinTilbys thanks so much for the tip! Ordered and ready to try it!
where did you buy the GraphXoff and how much did you use
This is there I got mine, I ordered the 16 oz bottle. Good luck! www.autotrimdesign.net/graphxoff_vinyl_adhesive_paint_remover_grog.asp
Where did you purchase this? I'm not seeing it on Amazon.
This is the only place I've been able to find it www.autotrimdesign.net/GraphXOff_Vinyl_Adhesive_Paint_Remover_GROG.asp
@@TheFlippinTilbys thanks for the response! I typed it into google and was able to find a shop that sells it. Thanks so much for sharing your technique! I had the same problem with the rubber wheel that you did.
I would like to buy this but apparently you can only get it online. Can you share a link for where you purchased.
Thanks
This is where I got mine, I ordered the 16 oz bottle. Good luck!
This is where I got mine, I ordered the 16 oz bottle. Good luck! www.autotrimdesign.net/graphxoff_vinyl_adhesive_paint_remover_grog.asp