I have no heat gun but will a blow dryer work?
I used acetone on raw cured fiberglass floor patch once to prep it for paint (to clean and etch the surface) and about a year later the paint had peeled off and the surface fiberglass was gone and the mat hairs underneath were showing because the fiberglass was actually wearing off. a body shop guy I know said acetone eats and dissolves fiberglass so that's why its used to clean fiberglass tools after they are done and I shouldn't have used it on the boat because it softened the surface coat.
I think I will try some carburator cleaner first for glue cleanup. based on visual appearance of how dried out the stickers are, I suspect the glue underneath will be hard and crumbly but I never did this before so maybe the heat gun will make it soft and gooey again
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Originally Posted by swamp snorkler
I had an old Johnson one time, took it the car wash and cleaned the stickers and the paint off of it. I had to prime it and repaint it afterwards. You can but the paint for it in spray cans to match the original color.
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well the paint is still in good condition so just a carwash didn't work (but I tried it lol) the stickers are just faded out bad (but stuck real good) and I had to paint the whole motor so I figure no sense in not repainting the cover to match since the stickers need replacing anyway.
this motor is 12 years old but most likely less then 300 hours on it (sat outside in the weather for 9 years unused because of health issues) so its well worth the effort in restoring it to looking new again so I got a bunch of cans of gloss black and im going over the whole thing top to bottom cleaning areas of corrosion and repainting everything.