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31Cabriolet68-C · 09-27-2018, 11:07 AM

If you've ever seen somebody given one of those horrible "Don't Park Here" stick- on-warning labels that's been plastered on their car's window, tell 'em to stop trying to scrape it off, that won't work, and they'll damage the glass. Instead, tell 'em to just soak the label with WD40, and wait for it to completely saturate the paper. When it reaches the adhesive layer, the WD 40 will quickly solubilize (degrade/soften...) the adhesive. But it must first have soaked completely through the paper layer... Then you can just wipe off the whole mess with a paper towel or a rag... It really does work perfectly.
It will probably be just as effective on all those other political/school/etc paper bumper stickers, but using WD-40 on any type of painted, chromed, waxed, clear-coated, metals or any of the modern polymeric surfaces opens up the need to do preliminary solubility testing on an out-of-the-way spot.

09-27-2018, 11:07 AM	#39
31Cabriolet68-C Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Greenwich, CT Posts: 140	Re: Has Anyone Ever Found A Use For WD-40? If you've ever seen somebody given one of those horrible "Don't Park Here" stick- on-warning labels that's been plastered on their car's window, tell 'em to stop trying to scrape it off, that won't work, and they'll damage the glass. Instead, tell 'em to just soak the label with WD40, and wait for it to completely saturate the paper. When it reaches the adhesive layer, the WD 40 will quickly solubilize (degrade/soften...) the adhesive. But it must first have soaked completely through the paper layer... Then you can just wipe off the whole mess with a paper towel or a rag... It really does work perfectly. It will probably be just as effective on all those other political/school/etc paper bumper stickers, but using WD-40 on any type of painted, chromed, waxed, clear-coated, metals or any of the modern polymeric surfaces opens up the need to do preliminary solubility testing on an out-of-the-way spot.