Being the recent owner of a satnav I wished to mount it on the dash. However the surface is too rough for the suction pad to adhere properly, so I bought one of the pads that stick on with 3M's adhesive. However being a dunce I have stuck it in a position that is not the best choice. Any suggestions on how to remove the pad please? I will then simply buy another and hope get that right.
For my TomTom I bought something similar to (but not the same as, and definitely cheaper than) this:
In our car, it works very well. There is a nice near-flat bit on the dash where it stays put and is level. Probably useless in many other cars.
Soak it with WD40. May not work, of course, but shouldn't damage the plastic and not very expensive.
Get some strong fishing line or similar. Slide under one edge and use a sawing action to 'cut' through the glue layer with a bit more of wd40 as you go through if needed. Select a solvent to remove the remains from the dash making tests out of sight as you try stronger solvents. White spirit, acetone, cellulose thinners, MEK in order of activity (and risk!), might do the trick.
Dental floss might be better.
Adhesive tape residues often come off or soften in Swarfega or any similar industrial handwash without damaging the surface finish.
Or 3 in 1.
Bill
If it's 3M VHB as is used for Dart Tags, then "with some difficulty" ;)
3M's own advice* includes a citrus based cleaner, as has already been suggested. *here, if interested:Or:
Lee
Angle grinder.
You could try car upholstery cleaner. It contains various solvents/detergents, which between them should dissolve the adhesive. I suggest you spray it into a small container and let it go to liquid then apply with a brush.
mark
In message , Frank Erskine writes
Then clean it off with pressure washer.
I got it off using dental floss and WD40, after a while I was able to get a screwdriver under and gently lever it off. There was no glue residue left. The glue on the pad just peeled of on one go. Now if I could get a really good adhesive I could even get the old one back on, but at the price I don't think it is worth bothering!
How heavy is it? I'm not keen on loose objects in cars that have much mass. Have an accident (rolling, or becoming airborne shakes things up nicely) for any reason and they end up flying about at relatively high velocities, ie. the car and you (as you are strapped to it) have slowed down or stopped but loose objects haven't. I wouldn't like to be hit on the head by a ricocheting satnav doing 30 mph...
This comes from experience of hitting a (small) tree, rolling a car, and watching the play backs of cameras mounted in cars for various TV stunts. Any loose really does fly about all over the place.
Yes. And that includes people, dogs, too.
It has some heft, enough not to wander around under ordinary circumstances. I have always worried more about things behind me! You have a point but I wonder how bad it would be compared with, for example, a satnav on its own. It is at least supremely blunt whereas a TomTom has quite a narrow edge all round it.
I got a satnav beanbag device like this and it's great.
The one I got was about £8 inc postage
Hmmm.. My car is approaching ten years old, I'll get nothing for it when I eventually sell it. So, i'll really be the last one to look after it. Or as they call broken on ebay, "customised".
So, if I've got to demount something, hell - use the SDS rotation stop with the chisel attachment...
And I've got 'tuit plans to extend the top cowling of my dashboard towards the centre of the car using MDF to house both sat nav and mobile phone, keeping both below eyeline. There will be screws, no-nails and holes drilled. My Octavia Mk1 will suffer pain until these things securely fit.
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