Reelin in the Years
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Need to replace a small section of my striping , what best way to get old striping to come up?
Grady striping replacement
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Not sure of the age of your boat, but if it's not too old you can carefully cut the damaged section, vertically, with a new razor blade. Then peel the damaged section away. Use the razor to help start the peeling. Clean the area with acetone. Spray the area soapy water or Windex and lay in the new stripe and overlap the old stripe 1/2" or more. Squeegee out the fluid.
Just did all new decals on my 1994 195 Tournament and just used a razor blade and wiped the excess residue off with Acetone it was a walk in the park took no time at all and at the same time put all new Decals on my Yamaha engine cover with the same method
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The heat gun is the key. Its much easier to peel off once its warmed up.
Reelin in the Years
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It’s a 2014 Freedom 307 . I started to attempt and thought I best ask someone for best results. Thanks to all who responded!
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The eraser wheel is a great tool, for sure - used the 3M version a few times, myself. But it's most handy on older tape that is starting to get "crackly". Since your boat is pretty new, there's an excellent chance that the striping will peel right off, using a little heat if needed. Especially since it's just a small section. When the striping is able to be peeled off, it goes very quickly - heck, on relatively new stuff you may not even need heat... or not very much, anyways.
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Reelin in the Years
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Got her done yesterday!!!. Heat gun , goo gone, razor, had correct stripping. Looks pretty good if I say so myself . Thanks for allhekp and suggestions
Nope. Sorry. Didn't happen. Don't believe you... Not without pics!
Once you got going with it... easier than you expected?
Looks Great , is it generic stripe or genuine GW? My gold stripe is half the size of the narrow blue stripe. I have matching numbers on mine as well.
Genuine Grady stripes. My originals were a little smaller also, must have been a redesign or switched vendors from 2004 to 2018. The new stripes covered over the old location just fine, I don't see any ghosting from the old stripe.
