All-About-My-Truck Week: Removing Moldings
By Kevin Whipps
After 13 years of sun, the stock rubber moldings across the rockers of my ‘95 Chevy Silverado had peeled and turned brown. Even though I knew it wasn’t going to be pretty and perfect under the trim, I also knew it would look better after I took off the old stuff. As it turned out, getting the trim off was easy, compared with removing the old tape underneath. Luckily I found 3M’s Stripe Off Wheel.
I’d considered using Snap-on’s Crud Thug, a tool famous for taking off stock adhesive without damaging your paint — but for $414, it was a little steep for this one-time project. Looking for something a bit more in my price range, I found the 3M Stripe Off Wheel at my local paint store. Just hook it to a drill and slowly work it over the old tape. It takes some patience, but once you get it in a groove you’ll find it works so nicely you’ll want to do more cars with it.
I paid $40, but Amazon sells it for $25. Pick it up the next time you’ve got some nasty tape that needs to be ditched.
