John K.
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Hi Guys,
We have a decorative stripe decal on the backside of our trailer that has peeled around the top and bottom edges (the stripe is about 2" wide); frankly, I'd like to just peel off about 3ft of this; which would leave that side looking great and no one would know I peeled a little off. I rubbed my thumb over some of the peeled up areas and they flaked off; just curious if anyone has used something for such purposes? I can think of Goo Gone, but I don't want the other design stripes that are below this one by a couple of inches to loosen up as a result of Goo Gone running.
The outside of our trailer is siding.
Thanks.
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10tca01
Columbia Missouri
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Nuke it 
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mjonags32
SF Bay Area
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hair dryer or heat gun
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bldrbuck
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Goo-Gone may loosen it up. A hair dryer may help. Auto supply stores sometimes have chemicals to remove those.
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hwybnb
Southern California
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A heat gun and a plastic scraper should do it. The professionals use a thing called an eraser wheel that is like a big rubber eraser that you chuck into a drill motor. You can buy them at some auto spply stores and at businesses that serve the automotive paint shops.
If the decal side has been exposed to the sun a lot (which is probably what caused the damage) you are likely to find that you can still see where it was after removing it.
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RVJohn
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They sell an electric decal remover(i have one)Its a heat gun with a razar blade at the end that heats up.Removes the decal very nicely.And doesn`t harm the surface of the trailer.I`am in the proccess now of removing old and fading decals,and this thing works wonderfully.I believe it cost 20 bucks.
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computerbug
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I just got thru removing all my stripes. I used a dull razor then a commercial cleaner called Big Red, put it in a spray bottle, sprayed it on let it sit for 5 mins. then rinsed it off. Totally amazed. Good Luck I tried everything then my friend came over with the whatcha doing and brought me some Big Red.
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jauguston
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The area where the decal is will have the shadow of the removed decal as the sun has not bleached out the color under it.
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We had a huge prowler lite decal on the front of our TT, with the outline of a prowler there as well. It looked awful, peeling around all the edges. We tried everything (goo gone, scraping, etc) and then our camping neighbor suggested using a hair dryer. Thank God for him! What had taken over 2 hours to remove 3 letters took less than 20 minutes for all the rest. Give it a try, hopefully it works for you like it worked for us!
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popatop4
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I vote for the Hair Dryer, works good
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