It is frustrating to remove a sticker from acrylic only to find a sticky residue left behind.
How to remove old paper from acrylic sheet.
Let the paper soak for a few minutes.
1 cup warm water.
Spray it on let it soak in a bit and peel off the paper.
If the adhesive has hardened moisten it with aliphatic naphtha hexane or kerosene will help to soften it.
First try using the hairdryer method.
If it does slowly work your way across the sheet if you go too fast the paper will rip making removal more difficult.
You can try using an electric hair dryer to warm the corner of the sheet and see if this loosens the paper.
Many of these sheets used an adhesive that is heat activated.
Mcmaster also has an adhesive removing spray but i haven t used it.
When removing the protective covering you ll want to work on a smooth flat surface.
Residue can also be left behind by tape or other sticky substances.
You start peeling back the edge of the paper and then wrap it around the.
Be careful not to dig into the acrylic.
To get the old paper off and even the new in large sheets we use a broom stick and two strong guys with big fore arms.
When this happens scuff the surface with coarse sandpaper or a scoring tool to allow the water to soak into the paper.
You can remove the paper masking with a cardboard tube by rolling the masking around it.
3m makes a citrus based cleaner that works well for acrylic paper as well as all kinds of self adhesive labels and such.
Masked acrylic should be kept away from heat and sunlight and masking should be removed soon after installation.
Then start stripping it away with a scraper.
Removing the protective covering by peeling.
Carefully use your fingernail to peel back the covering on one of the corners.
Sometimes you will find old paper that just will not absorb water.