What's the worst thing to use to clean vintage decals?
03-10-21, 09:58 PM
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Nope. Gotta go with ammonia. Wanted to clean my bike one day when I was teenager. My mom had left out a bucket after she was done cleaning. Ammonia was her cleaner of choice. I asked if I could use what was in the bucket. She said yes, perhaps thinking that I had chosen to take to initiative and do some house cleaning. I can report that ammonia will leave the outlines of decals, but the color will be long gone.
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03-11-21, 08:22 AM
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haha I was think blow torch when I read the title
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It does look better. Thank you for the ideas. I soaked it in liquid handsoap, then attacked with a fingernail. Sill have to work on the other side, but fortunately nothing on the seattube decal.
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