Sikaflex

[Bren]

I fitted a fibreglass boot spoiler to my audi two years ago. Made from finest Lithuanian fibreglass, bodyshops were reluctant to go near it and quouted far in excess of what I paid for it. In the end I sprayed it myself with cans and bonded it with sikaflex.

 

Sadly it looks shabby now - the finish has weathered badly - I have used rattle cans for thirty years and can get a decent finish, I think the construction of the spoiler is the issue rather than the prep.

 

I am thinking of removing it completely but dont want to damage the boot lid. Has anybody removed anything that has been bonded with sikaflex?

 

Please don't buy any fibreglass body mouldings of the tinterweb - they are generally very poor and the trade won't entertain them.

[bigfella2]

Can't see it coming off without causing damage to the paint.

[MOD500]

acetone works pretty well. Cellulose thinners will also work but not as well, easier to get hold of though.

 

only really works on small areas, unless you want to spend ages on it. The more of the old stuff you can cut back the better.

[oldcars]

Can you paint it on the car? That or if its a saloon remove the boot and mask it out. I cannot see it coming off easily.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I hate to say it but glueing fibreglass spoilers on rarely works out well longer term, as demonstrated by countless 17/18 yr-olds in deprived former industrial towns

 

I say buy another bootlid in the right colour, or ask a bodyshop to sort it (including respraying the bootlid after they smash off the spoiler and ‘mechanically remove’ the Sikaflex)

[Kiltox]

I successfully repaired a broken clutch pedal linkage on a van (think ball in socket joint thing like a gear linkage) using sikaflex to rebuild the worn out innards of the ball joint

 

It set irrevocably solid

 

You’re fucked.

[Bren]

I successfully repaired a broken clutch pedal linkage on a van (think ball in socket joint thing like a gear linkage) using sikaflex to rebuild the worn out innards of the ball joint

It set irrevocably solid

You’re fucked.

I had formed this opinion myself given that it is used to hold windscreens in place.

[MOD500]

I had formed this opinion myself given that it is used to hold windscreens in place.

But windscreens are replaced by cutting through the PU adhesive with a sharp snap blade knife without damaging the paint.

Then use thinners to clean off the remaining PU sealant.

 

If it still looks like a dogs dinner you can still take the boot lid to a body shop but it will be cheaper to fix since they don't have to cut a spoiler off.

[sierraman]

The only way you'll get that spoiler off is smashing the fucker off. I'd mask it and spray it in situ.

[oldcars]

I just text my mate who works in a bodyshop.

 

Apparently you have a bigger chance of getting your leg over with Danni Minogue than getting that off without damage to the boot. His words not mine.

[Bren]

 

Hang on there's someone at the door.....

[Jams]

Working with this stuff every day... bob hope!

[Tamworthbay]

Tri chloro ethylene shifts it iirc, but it’s been illegal to buy for a few years. Someone mypay have a small stock ‘for personal use’ if you are lucky. They also changed the formulation of sikaflex a while back and the new one is even harder to get off.

[DodgeRover]

Cheese wire it off?

[Timewaster]

Flog the car.

Find a bootlid in the right colour.

Forget about it and go to the pub or something.

 

Pick your favourite.

[sierraman]

Cheese wire it off?

Did this once, difficult not to start sawing into the spoiler.

[mrbenn]

I just text my mate who works in a bodyshop.

 

Apparently you have a bigger chance of getting your leg over with Danni Minogue than getting that off without damage to the boot. His words not mine.

 

Can you ask him if Kylie is available?

[Bren]

Will not even be attempting to remove the item. Hopefully can find a body shop that is willing to paint it.

[DodgeRover]

Can we have some photos of the offending article?

[Split_Pin]

I use Sikaflex and Tigerseal for the Irmscher parts on my 2 Vauxhalls. After 10 years theyre still on solid. A few edges needed stuck back down after frost got a hold but in the main theyre going nowhere.

 

Can you not just mask around it and repaint? I am going to do that with the lip spoiler on the boot of my Astra Coupe.

[MikeR]

so when this stuff sticks somat together , it stays stuck .......  ?

 

 

 

nothing in mind ,just  this some one who annoys me ............................

[Bradders59]

Removing a spoiler stuck on with sikaflex takes about 15 minutes. Ive done it to all the Omegas I dismantled for parts. You will be left with a bead of sikaflex stuck to the bootlid though, so not sure it will help.

Removal method is to use a wallpaper / paint scraper and tap it with a hammer along the seam between bootlid and spoiler. In your case you would need to be careful to keep it away from the bootlid and in the middle of the bead of sikaflex.

[Split_Pin]

so when this stuff sticks somat together , it stays stuck ....... ?

 

 

 

nothing in mind ,just this some one who annoys me ............................

??

 

Pray tell.

[MikeR]

a bitch that snitches ...... 

 

 

that or a pierced  tube of building foam in her hand bag !

[Jams]

You could* bond her tyres to the tarmac car needs to stand for 24 hours to take full affect

 

Or a blob on each tyre and a few hours causes pandemonium when driving!

 

It always needs to set otherwise it causes a mess