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2. Removing from walls
Painted walls are at the highest risk from damage when removing wall decals. This
means you need to take some care and focus on avoiding this damage. It is possible
to remove wall stickers from even the worst walls.
The worst walls are those that had a poor paint job to begin with. One that has
multiple layers of paint and these layers have not been prepared between paint
coats. Or one that has air bubbles underneath the paint.
1. Work slowly and do not rip, snatch or pull the wall sticker of the wall
2. Using a hair dryer, heat the vinyl directly at the edge you are removing
3. When the vinyl feels warm gently lift edge ( you might need to get a finger nail
under)
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4. 4. As you roll or pull the vinyl away from the wall, you need to heat the next
section of vinyl directly in front of the piece you lifted. Basically you are working
gradually heating and lifting.
5. If you can visually see or you can feel a bubble under the paint surface you
need to take care lifting over this area. If there is a second person, you can ask
them to control the hair dryer while you use your second hand to press down on
the bubble as you lift the vinyl off.
6. Continue until all of the vinyl is removed.
7. If there is any gum residue (not common on walls) then wipe the surface with
an acetate based cleaner such as nail polish remover.
TOP TIP: Pull or roll the vinyl back against itself like it is being folded back. Do not
pull the vinyl out from the wall at 90degrees as this will put more pressure on the
paint.
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6. Removing from glass and metal
When removing wall decals from glass or metal, the issue is not normally
related to surface damage. It can be much harder to remove from these
surfaces because the vinyl sticks so well to them. If you have a paint scraper or
metal edged scraper this will be useful, otherwise it will have to be your finger
nails.
1. Heat the vinyl directly in front of the area you are removing.
2. Peel/pick at the edge and pull. The vinyl is likely to tear as you do this, then
you heat the next bit and remove.
3. Removing from these surfaces is more likely to leave a residue. Deal with
that at the end, first remove all the solid vinyl by heating and pulling.
4. To clean the surface you will need an acetate or orange based cleaner that
can lift the remaining glue. There are lots of purpose built cleaners for this, or
simply use nail polish remover.
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