Getting decals off

Alister is right on the money mate,
I had the same situation in 1995 when I bought a 1993 GQ Patrol. It was white and had these wuzzy wavy stripes down the side. Left em on for about 2 years b4 i summoned the guts to hit em with the hairdryer. Came off real easy once I started.
However, just to nit pick, if I may......they aren't really "decals" as far as the strict sense of the word goes (AFAIK). They are actually "stickers". IMHO decals are those that you soak in water and slide off the backing paper, onto the job. I will stand corrected though.

"IMHO decals are those that you soak in water and slide off the backing paper, onto the job. I will stand corrected though."

Yep......

Buy a model plane, stick it all together, then get the saucer of..... wait for it......"luke warm water"

Drop the bloody thing in the water, watch it curl one way, then the other. Pick it up with your dry fingertip, watch it slide onto the floor, pick it up again, join the 2 halves together, stick it on the wing, watch it go all wrinkly when it dries. Peel it off, find some other stickers from other models.........Whoa!!! my Spitfire is now sporting a Swastika!!!!

Cheers

Wolfie

Noun 1. decal - a design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface
decalcomania
pattern, design, figure - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
transfer paper - a paper that is coated with a preparation for transferring a design to another surface

2. decal - the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface
decalcomania
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"

Geez we can be picky sometimes.

Russell ;-)

LOL lone wolf

you can cut and polish the gunk left behind after you peel it with dryer. I used 'nu-finish' me thinks with a rag and really got stuck into it with the old thumb. beaudiful results

.......... too scared to ask David & Michelle for a new one........

If they are 'after market' decals, be very careful, because they are cut & shaped with a craft knife & quite often the cuts go deep into the paintwork. Sometimes they seal the ends with clear nail polish for this reason. If this is not the case & they were a 'decal kit' (unlikely) you can get the residual adhesive off with prepsol.
BTW .... hope, beyond hope that the decals were on original paintwork, otherwise you stand a greater than even chance of removing paint with the decals!