How to remove name from pickup?

I'm looking for a 3/4 ton pickup to pull a gooseneck trailer to haul my tractors to shows with. A new one is out of the question, looking at used pickups. Local dealer has a 2004 Chevy 2500 with light front damage that he will sell as is for about $3000. I think I will probably buy it. BUT, it was owned by a business that has signs all over the truck, doors, bed sides and tailgate. Without doing a total repaint, is there away to get all this off the truck? I have pictures in a e-mail, but don't know how to get them to post over here. Thanks, Chris

if they are decals, you can use a 3 m eraser wheel chucked up on a drill. napa has em. if they are painted on, oven cleaner gets em off.

Thanks, wife is not impressed with all the writing on it. I thought about calling them and asking how much they would pay me to leave it on and advertise for them.lol Have good one, Chris

Stick-ons loosen up with a heat gun, been a while since I did it and don't remember if I used a razor. Ask a sign shop they will know. Friend of mine did signs and told me how to do it.

What is that light front dammage? More there to worry about than the signs.

I can't get the pictures from e-mail to load here, sorry. Chris

If they are from a sign company they will be removable with a heat gun in this day and age. Like someone else said, ask the advertiser.

3M Eraser wheel they work.
We striped all of the lettering and striping off of a fire engine with one, no gummy mess to clean up and didn't scratch or mar the paint.
We did wear out one wheel to fast by applying to much pressure.

Try WD40- it will loosen up sun-hardened adhesive tape, might work on stick ons. Doesn't cost much to try.

The dealer has to remove before sale. Their detale shop takes all that stuff off before put on lot for sale.

(quoted from post at 04:46:02 09/03/17) Thanks, wife is not impressed with all the writing on it. I thought about calling them and asking how much they would pay me to leave it on and advertise for them.lol Have good one, Chris

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Careful: Several years back, my brother bought a box truck and removed the box to make a flat bed. He put the box on craigslist to sell. After a few days the phone rang - it was a Coca-Cola lawyer from the big city, asking him "very nicely" to remove the Coke lettering before sale.

Your wife's hair drier will work on it just fine. keep it hot while pealing it off. do it at 2 in the afternoon after it has been sitting in the sun out of the wind for the day. Sun is almost enough if it is a real hot day.

You would think companies would know by now to take off their decals when they sell a vehicle.
What can happen if you dont

That reminds me of something that happened many years ago.The first mason I ever worked with,besides my Dad,,was my dads friend Bill. Bill was a really good stone mason and any kind of masonry.I Learned a lot from him.But...I must say Bill was very unique.It was about 1974.Bill had purchased a 1952 Ford half ton pickup from the back lot of a car dealer.It was a little red truck with a factory rack flatbed on it.It had lettering of a sheet metal shop on the doors ,with phone numbers etc.Bill drove it and used it for work each day.Bill also raised some hogs in a patch of woods at the family farm.He picked up scraps,and a barrel or two of slop at the diner,or crates of lettuce scraps etc,,wherever he found them along his travels.Sometimes it would spill over,or get strewn in the back of the truck,,amognst,loose bricks,maybe a bucket of sand,half bag of cement,tools,etc..etc,,You may kind of picture the back of his little flatbed,,especially on a hot day,,lol/ One day we stopped a the lumber yard for something.I noticed a new pickup next to us in the parking lot,with the Same advertising as Bills little old truck.I stayed in the cab while Bill went in and got what he needed. Bill always had a good sense of humor.He came out ,got in the little red truck and off we went.He then pointed to the new pickup,,he said,,can you imagine that?That guy asked me could he please paint over the name on our truck...doesnt he like free advertisement? lol

This truck had decals everywhere on it including a giant man with a chainsaw that took up the whole rear of the cab the owner took the stickers off but body shops can do it as well

If it is vinyl stick on a heat gun .If it is hand lettered with 1-Shot paint then Easy off oven cleaner will melt away the enamel in about twenty minutes.

If they are vinyl, go to the nearest auto parts store and buy a special wheel that goes on a drill. It is made by 3M and takes the vinyl off with NO scratching. If there are a lot of signs it might take two or three wheels and a little time but I was in the trucking business and we used them every year to remove IFTA stickers. Also used it when we would buy a used truck that still had lettering. Inexpensive and effective, but it does take some time.

You could have the dealer remove the signs as part of your purchase agreement. The dealer should be able to get it done for less than it would cost you.

You can get them off with the methods others have suggested but the paint under the decals won't sun fade with the rest of the paint so you'll always see where they were

(quoted from post at 18:59:18 09/03/17) If it is vinyl stick on a heat gun .

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Tried that and a propane torch on vinyl lettering on an aluminum stock trailer, it would never get hot enough to lift the letters. I'm guessing the aluminum dissipated the heat too much.