remove/install chromax letter

[Free48]

Anyone have tips for proper removal and replacement of a chromax letter?

[mlange]

Save yourself tons of time and buy a 3M Stripe Off Wheel. Harmless to gel coat and well worth every penny it costs.

[Free48]

Thank you mlange! Just watched a youtube vid on that, definitely should do the trick.

[xlair]

Heat gun would most likely work better and be less messy


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[Free48]

I was concerned about using a heat gun as there are decals and letters too near the work area. Albeit expensive ($40) the 3M Stripe Off Wheel worked exceptionally well on the adhesive. Imho it was worth the money as there is no collateral damage and the removal took just a couple minutes. The next issue I have is that a JB-Weld type product was also used. Any recommendations for removing dried "JB whatever" without damaging the hull?

[Free48]

The following is from JB Weld's website....

When fully cured, J-B Weld can only be removed by grinding or filing it off, or by directly heating the product above the 600º maximum temperature threshold.

So the moral of the story is: Don't use JB Weld on your hull.

[Free48]

So to bring this full circle... after doing some research I determined that my only real course of action was to sand off the epoxy. Once I had it removed I began progressively moving from course to fine wet sand paper and then finished with polish. It looks perfect however it took me almost 3 hours to do a 5"x7" spot. Epoxy is not appropriate for this purpose.