wood grain help!!

[Waggie82lim]

Ok today i went out to the wag and started heating up and peeling the wood grain off the tailgate, then i took my pressure washer and blased most of it away for the exception of some small chips stuck to it, now there is a residue left over from the glue, it is clear and sticky and wont come off, what can i use to take it off with out the paint comming off.

[GruntDoc]

hmmmm. brake cleaner. it also cleans spots on your seats but makes that spot cleaner than the rest of the seat and sence i am a smoker i am not going to hose down the rest of the seat to make it match.
also they sell stuff at wallmart to remover bumperstickers and stuff that works good too :D

[cate]

there's a product called "Goop" which removes sticky stuff. It can be found in WalMart's, KMarts & even some grocery stores, etc. I've never used it on a painted surface but I've used it on fine porcelains, glass, etc. and it works great. I'd recommend testing a spot - use a q-tip to apply, rub gently and see what happens.

by the way, are you replacing the wood trim?

[Tad]

Try some WD40, if that don't work some nail polish remover, test a small area first.

[woodybeone]

You can use "Goof Off" (find it in Home Depot/Lowes) but it cost a lot. You will be better off going to an auto paint supply store and buying a gallon or two of solvent.
I just did one and it takes a lot of solvent to get the residual glue off from the moulding & the grain.
Unless you have stock in a sand paper company :D

[Sitting Bull]

I did the same thing, and ran into the same situation. Off all the products, "3M wood grain adhesive remover" worked the best. I got it at Napa, but it's about $20 a can. Luckily, I only needed to do a tailgate, if you need to do the whole Jeep you'll probably need three cans. Spray it on, and gently take it off with a plastic putty knife.

There is also an air-driven grinder-lookin-doo-hickey called an "eraser" that will grind adhesive off and supposedly not hurt the paint. I seen my neighbor using one on his old Chevy, it worked great for him. Unfortunately, I found out about it the day after I got it done the long way :rolleyes: as always.

Good luck...

P.S. Goo-gone and goof-off did nothing but make the adhesive look wet. Brake cleaner will most definitely eat the paint.

I've have also heard of people using the foamy oven cleaner. It's SUPPOSE to work without eating the paint, but I wasn't that brave. If you are, please let us know the actual results.

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[RamJetFSJ]

I used the air driven "eraser" and it took a whole disc to do about 1/5th of the wood grain. and I only have the small 9" high strip. but, it did work better than anything else ive tried and I ordered 4 more discs to to the rest. It will get it all off, including the sticky residew and wont hurt the pait at all. Great if you arent putting new wood back up and no repainting.

the discs are available from Eastwood, and run about $13 a piece (ouch!)

[sailingjeep]

I'm doing the rubber disc thing too. I failed at all the other options, my grain was just too baked on. I'm about half way done. I figure I'll have $75 in discs. They seem to lose their effectiveness as they get hot. I take breaks because of the heat and the drill getting really hot.