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Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

Title:	Fishing-V2: All About Angling
Notice:	Time to go fishin'! dayegins
Moderator:	WAHOO::LEVESQUE

Created:	Fri Jul 19 1991
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	548
Total number of notes:	9621

445.0. "Number removal?" by CNTROL::SALMON () Wed Apr 12 1995 16:02

    I recently purchased a small fiberglass bass boat. I'll be registering 
    the boat and trailer in a couple of weeks, at which time I'll have to
    put registration numbers on the bow. My question is, how do I get the
    old numbers off without damaging the fiberglass? I was thinking of
    using a "heat gun" or hair dryer to melt the adheasive, but I'm afraid
    of melting the fiberglass in the process. A razor blade will also do
    damage, I sure. Anybody have any advice out there? Thanks in advance,
    
    
    
                               JS

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
445.1	Just Warm the Numbers, Not Burn Them	SALEM::BLUFIS::ABRAMS		`Wed Apr 12 1995 16:36`	8
	A hair dryer will not melt fiberglass. My exhaust pipes in my boat are made out of fiberglass. All you want to do is warm the letters to soften the glue so they peel off easy. JoyIII George
445.2	Hair dryer and rubbing alcohol	MSBCS::MERCIER		`Wed Apr 12 1995 16:37`	6
	I just removed some numbers off of a friends boat this weekend. We used a hair dryer and rubbing alcohol. The hair dryer did not damage the glass at all. Once we peeled the numbers off we used the rubbing alcohol to take off the excess glue. Worked really well......... Bob M�
445.3	Out of State Purchase??	NCMAIL::FRASCH		`Tue Apr 18 1995 13:56`	4
	Did you buy the boat out of state? If not, chances are the registration numer will stay the same!!! (That's usually the case!) Don
445.4	Bought it in Ma.	CNTROL::SALMON		`Wed Apr 19 1995 11:45`	1
	No, I bought it in Mass. Thanks for the replys!
445.5		NUBOAT::HEBERT	Captain Bligh	`Wed Apr 19 1995 16:31`	8
	I moved from Mass. to New Jersey; NJ let me keep the old numbers except for replacing MA with NJ. I moved from NJ to NH; we used license plates on the transom. When NH finally went to bow numbers, NH let me keep the NJ numbers except for replacing the NJ with NH. YMMV, Art
445.6	try wd40	WMOIS::MESSIER_M		`Fri Jul 14 1995 15:50`	6
	I have heard that WD40 will remove most anything glued to any surface. I have not checked this out personally, but it is cheap enough to try out. mark