Removing glue from back of fairings.

[mattyv74]

Just preparing a couple of fairings at the moment, but as they are changing colour, i want to paint the back side aswell.
Can any body tell me what to use to remove the glue? I've tried accetone and thinners so far, but with little success.

[Slow and wobbly]

Depends on the type of glue. If the Acetone and thinners don't shift it then not too sure what else to suggest. Normaly I would use Shellite / white spirit as it is far less aggressive than those other two, especialy on plastics.

[Rusty]

I got all the (OEM) foam and glue off my ZX9R fairings - I used thinners. It worked, not real well, but better than anything else I tried. I had to let it sit and soften for a while, then used a scouring pad and soapy water. Took a little patience! As you can tell, I wasn't trying to preserve the old paint at all.

Thinners turns the foam into a gloopy mess which clogs up the scourer. I used a really sharp knife (my old filleting knife, actually) to cut as much foam off as I could before having a go at the glue.

[L3raven]

Try M.E.K its a hardcore white base we use at work if it can melt hard hats it should be able 2 remove glue.

[mattyv74]

Thaks guys, will go in for another round and we'll see who wins this time.

[kellz]

i used a hairdryer and stanley blade when i removed the glue and crap off the back of alex fairings.

we also used this goop remover we got from coles.
sprayed it on let it sit for a few minutes then heat it all up and off it came. then wiped the small residue off with eucalyptus oil, good quality stuff tho..

[mike-s]

could always be plastex they are using, or epoxy resin.....

[craig]

could always be plastex they are using, or epoxy resin.....

which leaves you with lots of scraping with a blade or grind it off with a dremil or die grinder...carefully