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| Killer90 Site Sponsor Member Since: 09 Oct 2011 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 6478   
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boiling water and peel the edge, if its printed on use thinners but it may turn the rest white
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12th Nov 2012 7:10pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772  
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Could you not just aerosol mat black the center?
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12th Nov 2012 7:18pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897 
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The odds are it's made of vinyl. MEK is the main solvent to avoid.
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12th Nov 2012 7:22pm |
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| AndyS Member Since: 18 Aug 2012 Location: London Posts: 595 
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It's likely the underlying colour would have been shielded from the sun while all the exposed faded. It might not be possible to totally remove all traces of the image. On my van it took two years for the sign writing to be etched into the panel colour (the only way to hide it was to sell it while raining
 ). You might need a new one but they're not much money if you search. |
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12th Nov 2012 7:43pm |
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| Go Beyond Member Since: 30 Jan 2012 Location: Headcorn, Kent Posts: 6678
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I'm sure the Gumtree ones (assuming that is the one you are referring to) are silk-screen printed, the only thing that will remove it is thinners but, as has been said above, you will almost certainly be left with a shadow
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12th Nov 2012 8:03pm |
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| jamesc Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 74
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Thanks all. It's a 'The Man for Land Rovers' one, with an image of his eponymous establishment silk screened in a beige colour.
Perhaps I am being too mean and should go and buy a new one, but it seemed a shame to throw it away when in all other respects it's serviceable. What new one though? Plain? Land Rover logo? 'Defender'? This last seems a little shouty somehow - a touch of the HumVees? |
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13th Nov 2012 2:18pm |
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| rs2315 Member Since: 16 Sep 2012 Location: yorkshire Posts: 125 |
I chucked my Oxford establishment one. thought about selling it on here, but reckoned on nobody wanting it. Buy yourself a plain black one, less chance of it been knicked. rs2315. |
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13th Nov 2012 6:45pm |
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| rossy Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Co. Roscommon Posts: 1296  
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plain black ones are only about £20 from Paddocks
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13th Nov 2012 7:31pm |
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