ABN Rubber Eraser Wheel 4in Pad & Adapter 1-Pack – Pinstripe, Adhesive Remover, Vinyl Decal, Graphics Removal Tool

Working on a DIY auto body project. I bought my Dodge Ram about 5 years ago and it came stock from the factory with 6 stainless steel panels on the bottom third of the body (on each side). Being a Dodge, I started to get some rust, so step one in fixing it was to remove the panels, and I figured as long as I had the heat gun out, I might as well take the badges off too. The badging left some adhesive residue, but nothing compared to the panels. Probably 1/4" thick and spanning the entire length of the truck from the front fenders to rear bumpers, this was going to be a pain to remove. Until someone told me about this rubber eraser wheel. It worked amazingly! It shaved it off with very little effort on my part. Luckily I had a family member with a corded drill, otherwise it would have taken a week to do with all the battery changes. I'm not going to lie and say it was a fast process, but much faster and more effective than doing it by hand. Left zero residue that I needed to clean off, besides the eraser shavings that simply wiped off by hand. The best part? It doesn't harm my paint at all. Even though I'm going to be taking it down to bare metal and re-painting the truck, it's really good to know that I could use this to take off any decals or adhesive on my family's vehicles without damaging the paint. The wheel lasted for one entire side of the truck. Which is far further than I anticipated it would. For the price, I would buy stock in this company. One of the best products I've ever seen for the purpose and very affordable. I've seen similar products in auto parts stores for over $40. In short: BUY THIS WHEEL!

I started with a heat gun and a credit card to get a 10 year 8 inch wide stripe off of a min-cooper S. After about an hour, I had removed about 6 inches. Ugh. So a little searching turned up this kind of solution, and a little more searching found this item as (a) cheap and (b) prime elgible. So I tried it. It's still significant work, but now your progress will be measured in inches per minute, not inches per hour. It won't get into every crevice, so there will still be some scraping. And it leaves a little residue here and there that will have to be chased. But for the bulk of the sticker, it is fast and very effective to solve the majority of the problem with reasonable effort. One wheel just barely got me through the whole project (mini cooper S with full hood, roof, and hatch stripes (three) totaling about 8 inches wide, but a lot of sunroof up top. So maybe 8" x 5' total sticker removal. And I wasn't putting much effort into economizing wheel life, I was just grinding sticker off. It didn't hurt the paint one metal or fiberglass. But it did burn through if you weren't careful on a painted plastic bumper. This bumper may have been previously repainted, the paint there seemed pretty fragile. You also need a strong drill to drive this thing. A consumer or even low end contractor cordless won't drive this thing for long. A higher end cordless might, but any "plug into the wall" drill should work fine, though you will want to take some breaks to let the drill cool and to uncramp your hands anyway. So in summary, a nice economical solution (in both time and money) for the majority of a really hard problem.

Works as it should, no Problems.

I used these to remove my RV vinyl adhesive graphics. They work well to do so. I would agree with another reviewer who said that they do leave behind a yellow mark on a white surface. I was able to remove that yellowing with rubbing compound but that was a step I had to take anyways in order to finish my project of removing all of the oxidation on the side walls of my RV as well. After going over all of the surfaces with rubbing compound everything turned out just fantastic. There used to be Graphics all over the area where you see white. The green area is paint. I also used it to remove a dealer sticker off the bumper of my car and it worked great and did not blemish the clear coat at all nor did it leave behind a yellow residue or any residue for that matter. This is a sacrificial tool and makes quite a mess that is no big deal to clean up. For the price you can't beat these. The quality is consistent from one wheel to the next as I used 12 to complete my project. I found it unreasonable to consider purchasing a more expensive and like product. I am really happy with how my project came out in the end and I would not have been able to achieve it without using some sort of tool like this.

Works great for adhesive wheel weight residue removal on wheels and rims.

great tool, easy to use and very safe on the cars paint. perfect to remove stickers and pin striping.

I am a first time user of an eraser wheel to remove vinyl striping on a 35+ year old fiberglass boat. I had remove 75% of the 2 inch wide vinyl using the "heat gun method", but it left behind a thick layer of goo. Acetone and a lot of elbow grease was needed to remove it. This method only worked where the vinyl was intact. Where the stripe had cracked and deteriorated, the heat gun method was impossible. I have not used the "name brand" product, but chose this one based on reviews and reasonable price. I was not disappointed. I donned a pair of safety glasses, a long sleeved jacket, grab my cordless drill and attacked the remaining vinyl strip. WOW! Minutes later, I was half done. The processes leaves a lot of vinyl flakes and lots of eraser residue (like a pencil eraser, but on a larger scale). Most of the vinyl flakes landed on the concrete floor and were easily picked up with the shop vac. The eraser reside stuck to the fiberglass, but was easily brushed away with a terry cloth. The vinyl was a blue color and the fiberglass was white. There was some color streaking in blue, but I did not see the yellow discolor mentioned in another post. Once the reside was brushed away, I used a light acetone wipe down to finish. The blue streaking was easily removed with nothing but the mildest scrub.

Giving 2 stars because it DID do a great job of removing all of the adhesive after de-badging my Silverado. However, it embedded deep yellow stains in my clear coat...Very visible yellow stains. Thankfully, I only used it on my tailgate in 3 spots (fairly large spots unfortunately). Should have just tested it on the smallest badge 1st. I was able to get the yellow out after about 15 to 20 applications of Turtlewax rubbing compound and a LOT of high pressure elbow grease. After trying to remove the adhesive on the door panel badges with my fingers and Goo-gone (wasn't going well), I decided to try the wheel again (since the stains did eventually come out). I was VERY careful to not allow the wheel to touch the paint (for more than a 1/2 second) and ran the drill at a VERY low RPM (as slow as I could get it by barely depressing the trigger). I slowly wore down the adhesive and didn't really try to get all of it for fear of staining. Got the rest of it with goo-gone. Even when used VERY carefully, I left behind a few smaller yellow stains. Though this time, it only required the rubbing compound to be applied 4-5 times...again with a lot of high pressure scrubbing. This time the stains weren't as noticeable, but it's a brand new truck and I knew they were there... and didn't want them to be. All in all, I recommend using an eraser wheel, though certainly not this 1 on a white vehicle. Spend the extra money on a better 1 (assuming they're not all made of the exact same rubber compound). Also, even then, be very slow and careful when using. ***Bumped up from 2 to 3 stars after finding another use for it. Works great for removing paint drippings and kids stickers from the floor in the house. Again, take it easy and be careful not to eat up the finish of the flooring.