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I have seen these things pop up for 13 years now, perhaps longer. Now, it seems they are promoting it more than ever. Those rubber erasers that attach to a drill that, they say, help the speed of vinyl removal, INCLUDING GLUE!
Has anyone bought these? Is anyone using it now? What's your take on the product? Does it MARR THE VEHICLE FINISH???????
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3 M makes a larger version it is not an attachment the tool has a husky motor and a much wider wheel... its a single contained unit I never used one but the local fleet body shop swears by them.. I think they sell for around $400.00
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We use an average of 6 a week on removals. Ours work great even on reflective. We buy them 20 at a time and they cost us $19 each. They don't mar the finish but you can't use them on aluminum or stainless steel cus they polish it too much and the rest of the finish around it looks bad.
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I agree with Matthew, had to strip old edge prints off an enclosed trailer...seemed to take off some paint...the trailer was white...you could see a dark mottle look where we used the tool. Maybe I'll feel different if I get more practice with it and figure out the right techniques. Rosemary...do you use it on all removal jobs or only on jobs that are just too hard to remove using heat and fingernails?
-------------------- Tony Lucero Eagle Graphics Waterford, MI www.eaglegph.com Posts: 305 | From: Waterford, MI, USA | Registered: Apr 2000
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Nope. Not on all jobs at all. We usually do it with the cold substrate and quickly applied high heat and it works unless the film is all checked and cracked. Then we go to the eraser. And sometimes with a re-paint or a gel-coat trailer you have to be careful with the eraser, no? We always test a tiny part where it can be easily fixed by buffing afterwards.
""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3487 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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