Removing glue left behind from parking tickets?

asim18 · 2 Apr 2013 at 03:26

Have you tried..... peeling it off? I know you tried scraping it off, but maybe peel it off carefully with a pin or something.

Dr Who · 2 Apr 2013 at 06:29

White spirits should do it easily and without damaging the paintwork.

Buchanan0204 · 2 Apr 2013 at 06:48

~Divine~Wind~ said:
Tried heating it up with a hairdrier first?
might be worth a bash.

This sounds sensible to me. Go for this then use another method, whether it be tar remover or white spirit.

White spirit wont damage your paintwork either if you were wondering.

phil675 · 2 Apr 2013 at 10:11

I had a massive A4 sized sticker attached to my windscreen once saying I shouldn't park where I was parked. Great idea that, prevent me from moving my car from the forbidden space by sticking a huge thing over the area of the screen I need to see out of.

Anyway, hot soapy water got it right off, so I'd just try that before shelling out on a cleaning product, unless you already have something.

miniyazz · 2 Apr 2013 at 15:23

phil675 said:
I had a massive A4 sized sticker attached to my windscreen once saying I shouldn't park where I was parked. Great idea that, prevent me from moving my car from the forbidden space by sticking a huge thing over the area of the screen I need to see out of.

Anyway, hot soapy water got it right off, so I'd just try that before shelling out on a cleaning product, unless you already have something.

Means you had to remove it (and therefore read it) before driving off and doing it again? :confused:

It's not like it takes you half an hour to take off a notice

Unless of course it leaves a horrendous residue..

Disco Boy · 2 Apr 2013 at 17:55

I hope you find a good solution.

phil675 · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:27

miniyazz said:
Means you had to remove it (and therefore read it) before driving off and doing it again?
It's not like it takes you half an hour to take off a notice
Unless of course it leaves a horrendous residue..

It was pretty much impossible to remove using screenwash and an ice scraper, sticky stuff wouldn't budge. Luckily a passing person offered me a tub of hot water.

And it was dark when I parked there so I didn't notice the no parking sign, not that it was busy or anything, just a staff parking area for some uni halls. Bleh.

azibux1 · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:50

Tar remover should work fine

lmfy2k · 3 Apr 2013 at 08:02

Another vote for tar remover

rossk26 · 3 Apr 2013 at 08:08

Disco Boy said:
I hope you find a good solution.

I see what you did there

MooMoo444 · 3 Apr 2013 at 11:21

New car is the only option, that's a write-off, friend.

ianh · 3 Apr 2013 at 18:05

Well after about 30mins of elbow grease and a lot more hot water than I was expecting it's finally gone. Seriously I used about 3L of near boiling water before it softened up enough to be taken off!