Whats the best way to remove old registration numb

Goo-gone, acetone. Whatcha puttin' back on it?

I used WD-40, worked good and fast. Razor scraper scared me.

You guys still struggling with heat guns and scrapers need to get an eraser wheel. One of the best $8 Ive spent on the boat- makes removing old decals a cinch. They are sold at autoparts stores and attach to a cordless drill. Follow up with goof off or goo gone to remove the residue.

You could always sell the boat and let the new owner worry about it.

+1 on the eraser wheel,or the plastic razor blade & heat methods are the best. on viyl lettering.
WD 40 will tke off the residue.

Painted on lettering comes of with EZ Off oven cleaner.

TRBenj wrote: You guys still struggling with heat guns and scrapers need to get an eraser wheel. One of the best $8 Ive spent on the boat- makes removing old decals a cinch. They are sold at autoparts stores and attach to a cordless drill. Follow up with goof off or goo gone to remove the residue.

+1 on the eraser wheel (5 years later), totally incredible device. I don't know how I missed the fact that multiple people on the board have been using them for years. Here I thought I was somewhat of a pioneer in finding out about them but in fact they are old hat as it turns out! A must for any decal removal effort, if nothing else to have in your back pocket if you get stuck.

This one looks like what I used.

storm34 wrote: This one looks like what I used.

+1
Thing is amazing. My '90 is getting new numbers this weekend during it's annual spring detail job. For 2 years I've been running the boat with Georgia registration numbers. Figure it's time to get legal.
What really sucks is that when I registered and retitled it back in 2013, the #$%&@ Secretary of State said they had to take my original Documents of Origination for the boat and the trailer. I'm guessing that not many have those original docs. The lady said that the boat has to be an "antique" for her to allow me to keep the docs. I asked how old is that, with her reply, 25 years. It was one year shy of being classified as an antique. Now, two years later, I'm putting those MC numbers on.   

I used Amazon.

While a ways from you guys Auto body toolmart in Elgin shows that they carry them, they are roughly near Randall and 90

^sometimes, and just because they have a peg to hold one doesn't mean they bother stocking it...

A heat gun and hard plastic scraper works for small areas. like a small piece of Plexiglas. You can use acetone to remove the residue, but for large decals or sticky spots I rather use my high speed buffing wheel at 2k RPMs, the same buffer I use to buff the boat. You might need a little compound on the pad, but I doubt it. be careful not to overheat your gel-coat it will turn colors. You can use a bottle of water to cool down the gel-coat while you work if your worried about the heat. good luck to you!
Jeff Warner,
E-Boat Inc. boatbuildercentral.com