Do yourself a favor...

[SellersSign&Design]

And order one of these. I used to use the air powered version of the MBX Vinyl Zapper, but I figured I would give this a try. It's made by Dynabrade and will mount up to any standard sander/polisher with a 5/8-11 arbor. I stripped a ton of printed and laminated reflective off of an entire ladder truck with one wheel yesterday. It leaves nothing behind, just wipe over the area with some adhesive remover to get any little spots you miss and it's good to go. It likes slower speeds better, and just like the vinyl zapper tools it could potentially burn the paint if you hold it in one spot for too long, but you would have to work hard to make it do that.

http://www.amazon.com/Dynabrade-92295-Diameter-RED-TRED-Assembly/dp/B005TIVBNI

 

[2B]

And order one of these. I used to use the air powered version of the MBX Vinyl Zapper, but I figured I would give this a try. It's made by Dynabrade and will mount up to any standard sander/polisher with a 5/8-11 arbor. I stripped a ton of printed and laminated reflective off of an entire ladder truck with one wheel yesterday. It leaves nothing behind, just wipe over the area with some adhesive remover to get any little spots you miss and it's good to go. It likes slower speeds better, and just like the vinyl zapper tools it could potentially burn the paint if you hold it in one spot for too long, but you would have to work hard to make it do that.

http://www.amazon.com/Dynabrade-92295-Diameter-RED-TRED-Assembly/dp/B005TIVBNI

what did it to to the brushed aluminum surface?

what RPM do you run yours at?

 

[SellersSign&Design]

what did it to to the brushed aluminum surface? what RPM do you run yours at?

It didn't work on the brushed aluminum, I still had to heat and peel it. But for paint it worked awesome. My polisher is variable speed, I was running it between 2-3 on the dial. I'm not sure what that translates to as far as RPMs.

 

[letterman7]

How much of the wheel do you have left after the truck? I can see where doing large flat areas this would work great, but the MBX is better at curves and detail work. And I dial my air pressure down... works "better" without fear of burning the paint, just a little slower.

 

[SellersSign&Design]

How much of the wheel do you have left after the truck? I can see where doing large flat areas this would work great, but the MBX is better at curves and detail work. And I dial my air pressure down... works "better" without fear of burning the paint, just a little slower.

I'll have to take some pictures of what is left on the wheel. It doesn't wear the "treads" off flat, they end up getting an angle on them from the leading edge. It seems like the performance decreases a little bit once they start to wear down into the angle. But one wheel did the whole truck and could still do more, so I feel like it was a great investment for $55.