Plastic melted onto my can

[stuartb]

Anyone any idea how to remove a piece of black plastic thats found a home on the side of my can. Looks like its flipped up from the road and melted right on to it...dont want to scratch the chrome..

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[Mick753]

Heating the can up and then rubbing it off with WD40 on a rag tends to work fairly well pal

 

[stuartb]

Thanks Mick...ill try that

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[Mick753]

Carb cleaner may work too Stuart or brake cleaner, i suspect carb cleaner will work better though as the brake cleaner these days isn't what it used to be

 

[stuartb]

Its melted hard n fast.. willing to give anythig a go..

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[Stephen]

What sort of texture is your can? I find carb cleaner is too aggressive for a lot of applications, I'm sure it would stain on some cans... I usually just get the bike up to running temp and scrape off, rub any residue off with brake cleaner then polish.

 

[stuartb]

Chrome Stephen..ive not tried anything as of yet but will do thu/fri .



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[Mick753]

Heat will definitely be the way forward Stuart, hair dryer might not be sufficient (I recall that like me you probably wouldn't have one laying about? ) but a heat gun will do the trick nicely, and carb cleaner sprayed on a rag rather than direct to the metal should be perfectly fine on chrome, i have cleaned wheel weight adhesive backings off painted wheels doing it like that without any problems or effects on the paint so a decent chromed finish should put up with it providing you don't scratch it

 

[stuartb]

Lol...well Mick you know what they say about bald guys...fnaar fnaar.... my indicator...peg...etc arrives tomorrow... so Ill wait tlll fri/sat and get my ass into my garage ... my place has is mental just now... cant seem to get a minute ..working for Greg was a skoosh compared to the now...fkn nightmare

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