Cooler Restoration Subforum: Need tips, ideas, 411

[Seven©]

Buddy of mine made a promotional cooler disappear from his jay oh bee. It magically reappeared on my porch while I was on vacation.

Badass cooler. It's one of the big jobs you've seen in convenience stores. Metal, solid construction, etc.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3693/img1368er.jpg


The paint, wheels, gasket in the drain are all in excellent shape. But, the stickers look like ass. Here's a pic of one of the stickers. They all look like this.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2592/img1370l.jpg


What solvent would you use to get the stickers off without damaging the paint? The stickers are like a cheap non-laminated paper. But, they're stuck like sons-a-bitches.

What would you do when you got the stickers off? Leave it plain orange and live with it? Slap a UT sticker on it? What?

[Quads]

I'd probably start with goo-off and see if that starts to remove it.
I'd say acetone, but IIRC, that will strip the paint as well, which you don't want to do.

You may trying calling someone that sells stickers (like a die cut vinyl lettering place or a signs to go type place) and ask them. They may have something.

[Shadow]

I've had pretty good luck with goof-off or goo-gone. Takes some elbow grease, but it does work.

[MsprinM]

Strip it and give it a new paint job. Maybe some candy apple red with some pin stripping.

[Crawland]

Motsenbocker's Lift Off #2

http://www.liftoffinc.com/product-tape-remover.php

[SniperD5]

Goo-Gone FTW!