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Author Message   Twisted2 Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 04:53 pm:        ANYBODY OUT THERE KNOW THE BEST WAY TO GET THE DECALS OFF OF MY BLAST?? THANKS   Tank_bueller Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 05:25 pm:        I would say use a heat gun and a plastic scraper. DO NOT OVER HEAT THE PAINT! It will melt right off. The sticker should melt way before the paint. But again, the paint will melt. Might try a hot hair dryer first. Keep everything very clean so you wont scratch the paint while scraping. Try wd40 to remove the leftover goo. If that wont cut it, you may have to use alcohol. If you are still on the 01', the paint will look new under where the decals were, and faded everywhere else. You will likely have to polish out the whole tank to "brighten it up". Hope this helps.   Nillaice Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 05:27 pm:        a blow-drier, plastic putty knife (non-gouging sharp edge) and some patience. maybe some acetone, but don't ruin your paint... and i think yer caps lock is stuck on...   Stiguy Posted on Friday, April 03, 2009 - 06:54 am:        What paint are you goofballs talking about? We are talking about the 'Buell' or 'Blast' decals on the 'tank' right? There shouldn't be any concern for "melting paint" if this is the case. Although, I don't know what the melting point of the plastic is. I would recommend a good hair dryer to heat up and loosen the adhesive, a razor to start pulling up the decal, yank it off, and buff the crap out of it. You might need some goo-off or another similar product to get the rest of the adhesive off before you buff it. Unless the '01 has a metal tank, and then forget what I said.   Tank_bueller Posted on Friday, April 03, 2009 - 10:21 am:        All this time I thought the Blast tanks were metal. I stand corrected! Stay away from the heat gun, use the hair dryer instead.   Twisted2 Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 09:18 am:        thanks everybody for the tips. hair dryer did the trick.   Xb12mel Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 11:42 am:        Cool.... looking forward to seeing your handy work next Saturday. You are coming to the cook out right?   Twisted2 Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 02:06 pm:        yea ill be there, after 4, gotta work that satruday. i got the old ones off, still waiting on hrhd's call to pick up my new ones. (new xb style w/o blast script).ya'll can see my pink striping and cosmetic painting done over the winter. she sure is pretty!!! lolthe black wheels are sweeeet..i had to bi#@h it up ya know....keep the old man off of it...   Xb12mel Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 03:17 pm:          Xb12mel Posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 - 11:43 am:        Problem is Barb, the Blast is so much fun to ride, he'll still risk people seeing the striping and butterflies!!!

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