Removing stickers from Carbon wheels

[Yoshi]

What is the safe way to remove the decals from a carbon wheelset?
The "Dura Ace C24" decals" just look incongruous on my '86 DeRosa Pro.
Thanks.

[ultraman6970]

If the stickers are under the clear you have to sand the clear off first.

If over the clear JUst peel the stuff up.

[Mike V]

Originally Posted by ultraman6970

If the stickers are under the clear you have to sand the clear off first.

If over the clear JUst peel the stuff up.

In other words you don't know.

What era C24?

[Yoshi]

Thanks Mike V.
They are WH-7900 so three sets of decals each side of each wheel for a total of 12.

[ultraman6970]

Off course not

I do not even know the wheels because im not a shimano guy But my answer pretty much cover the 2 situations, they put the decals under or over the clearcoat, yes?

Originally Posted by Mike V

In other words you don't know.

What era C24?

[Nomadmax]

Use the low setting on a heat gun and don't speed too much time in one place. That way the adhesive will come off with the sticker. Don't get in a hurry or you'll spend three times as long removing the glue that would have come off with the sticker. Work small amounts and don't let the section you're pulling get too long or it can break. I use citrus goo gone for any residual glue and then clean that off with water asap.

I've done this on several sets of Campy carbon and aluminum wheels.

[Mike V]

Those decals are under the clear coat

[Nomadmax]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Those decals are under the clear coat

That changes my answer. In that case, I'd learn to live with them.

[ultraman6970]

Is pretty easy to know if under or over the clear those decals are (yoda style)

[glepore]

Originally Posted by Yoshi

What is the safe way to remove the decals from a carbon wheelset?
The "Dura Ace C24" decals" just look incongruous on my '86 DeRosa Pro.
Thanks.

For under clearcoat decals, search ebay for someone that sells the decals, they can almost always print them in black.

For an enve fork, I had someone create the logo to scale and had vinyl reflective black printed, looks great.

[texbike]

Originally Posted by Yoshi

What is the safe way to remove the decals from a carbon wheelset?
The "Dura Ace C24" decals" just look incongruous on my '86 DeRosa Pro.
Thanks.

Isn't a C24 a bit incongruous on an '86 De Rosa anyway?

And yes, as others have mentioned - the decals are under the clearcoat. I personally wouldn't mess with them. It would be quite an effort to remove all of the clearcoat from the rims (especially as assembled wheels) while potentially damaging the wheels, and definitely reducing their value/desirability in the process. However, I completely understand your desire as I have a set of C35s and would LOVE to remove the logos from those (they're not nearly as nice and understated as those on the C24s).

Texbike

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by texbike

Isn't a C24 a bit incongruous on an '86 De Rosa anyway?

In the process of a comparo on my Merckx CE between Open Pro 32H/Chorus and Reynolds R4s.

Thus far I have to admit I think I like the Open Pros better.