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Question regarding BMW stickers - Grumpy Goat - 06-10-2020
Does anyone have any experience with genuine BMW stickers, i.e. the ones for the model name / number on the side panels that you buy from the BMW parts fiche?
Are they simple peel-and-stick or are they the kind that you wet the panel and apply the sticker (like a transfer) wet, slide it into place and then squeegee out the bubbles?
RE: Question regarding BMW stickers - Lee - 06-11-2020
I bought one for my K1200RS from BMW but never used it.
From what I remember it was a reverse setup like this video shows.
https://youtu.be/UAzSBcDAZY4
On my sticker there was a paper backing and also a paper over the sticker.
RE: Question regarding BMW stickers - Grumpy Goat - 06-11-2020
Thanks Lee. I think that the sticker I ordered is similar to the one you have and also in the video. Speaking of the video ... thank goodness for heat guns, eh?
RE: Question regarding BMW stickers - Duccrazydave - 06-11-2020
That was an oddly satisfying video to watch
RE: Question regarding BMW stickers - Grumpy Goat - 06-11-2020
(06-11-2020, 03:15 PM)Duccrazydave Wrote: That was an oddly satisfying video to watch
Hah! I said exactly the same thing to my wife!
I watched a couple more that popped up on my YouTube Recommendations and had the same feeling both times.
RE: Question regarding BMW stickers - Duckbubbles - 06-12-2020
I used to have to apply those double sided stickers to aircraft. I have a plastic scraper to get the bubbles out (furnished with many of the decals). Many recommended to use a mild soapy solution to apply. Wet the surface with the solution, peel the backing off and you can slide the sticker around to the position you want. Then use the scraper to squeegee the air out before carefully pulling the top layer off. In 24 hours (recommended) it is good for a couple hundred MPH.
Frank
RE: Question regarding BMW stickers - Lee - 06-12-2020
(06-12-2020, 06:51 AM)Duckbubbles Wrote: I used to have to apply those double sided stickers to aircraft. I have a plastic scraper to get the bubbles out (furnished with many of the decals). Many recommended to use a mild soapy solution to apply. Wet the surface with the solution, peel the backing off and you can slide the sticker around to the position you want. Then use the scraper to squeegee the air out before carefully pulling the top layer off. In 24 hours (recommended) it is good for a couple hundred MPH.
Frank
Seems like a lot of stickers can use soapy water if you use a plastic squeegee tool to srap put the water.
I've done this with 3M film and MotoReflective films.