A pilot has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the captain if the flight was diverted

Richman said:
There is a very mild solvent meant for wood floors. Basically to clean up the excess adhesive. Works great. Smells like some kind of napatha, but not nearly as stinky.

Works great on all kinds of messes.

Remember, acetone removes sharpie ink, but propanol works too.
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Naphtha is a wonderful solvent. A long, long time ago I used to run a test bench for Allison 501/T-56 fuel nozzles and we used naphtha rather than jet fuel, I think the powers that were felt it was less flammable and I'd order it in 55 gallon drums (it needed to be clean and it evaporates). It's not like we had a choice, the bench was calibrated by the manufacturer to use naphtha, I was literally awash in the stuff. I never thought of using it to remove decals from my car. Original paint is hard to replace.
 
knot4u said:
Naphtha is a wonderful solvent. A long, long time ago I used to run a test bench for Allison 501/T-56 fuel nozzles and we used naphtha rather than jet fuel, I think the powers that were felt it was less flammable and I'd order it in 55 gallon drums (it needed to be clean and it evaporates). It's not like we had a choice, the bench was calibrated by the manufacturer to use naphtha, I was literally awash in the stuff. I never thought of using it to remove decals from my car. Original paint is hard to replace.
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Modern paint sucks at what it is theoretically designed to do as its primary function. There’s been a lot of concessions made in that function to accommodate other issues, which I am not discounting.
 
Richman said:
Modern paint sucks at what it is theoretically designed to do as its primary function. There’s been a lot of concessions made in that function to accommodate other issues, which I am not discounting.
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Don't ask me to run up a set of stairs, it sucks when breathing is a chore.
 
I mean that is why I said "semi" permanent, in the sense that you'd have to actually do something to remove it. I doubt your average car owner even knows how to pop the hood, let alone complete a simple cosmetic procedure to remove a decal.
 
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Each one of those letters is an independant sicker! To take the original “chrome” ones off:
1. Tried dental floss: Kept breaking
2. Tried fishing line: Meh
3. Used up EVERY single fingernail!
4. Followed up with “Goo Gone”.

I swear if/when ONE of those stickers falls off, I’m going “Full Incog”. Despite my kids concern “Everyone will think it’s a knockoff!”🤡
 
///AMG said:
I mean that is why I said "semi" permanent, in the sense that you'd have to actually do something to remove it. I doubt your average car owner even knows how to pop the hood, let alone complete a simple cosmetic procedure to remove a decal.
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That's why I mentioned a hairdryer. If you're not going to blister your head it probably won't hurt the paint. I should also mention I spent some time before finding my way to the airport working on signs. It's an industry, look it up. In typical Knot4u fashion I did some screen printing, then I did some vinyl work and moved up to the illuminated sign building and installing the faces on the buildings. It led me into working with cranes and it was simultaneously the most terrifying and somehow rewarding thing I ever did. Stepping off the bucket of a crane into a sign 180' above the ground was an adrenaline rush. The two worst things that ever happened were I was opening a sign about 100' feet up and we had an earthquake and suddenly the sign went 10' away and came right back at me, I looked down at the operator and he was sitting on the deck of the truck jawdropped. I survived but we had a conversation about me at the end of the boom and him staying on the controls. The other was more embarrassing than dangerous, it was a ladder truck and I was still very young and we went down to some deep barrio to change a sign. Unbeknownst to me as I was crawling up and down the ladder I tore out the crotch of both my boxers and my jeans and my junk was on display as I struggled up and down the ladder. I didn't realize it until I noticed a group of elderly women laughing at me. The only reason that job was finished was because we had some shop rags on the truck.
 
Toobdrvr said:
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Each one of those letters is an independant sicker! To take the original “chrome” ones off:
1. Tried dental floss: Kept breaking
2. Tried fishing line: Meh
3. Used up EVERY single fingernail!
4. Followed up with “Goo Gone”.

I swear if/when ONE of those stickers falls off, I’m going “Full Incog”. Despite my kids concern “Everyone will think it’s a knockoff!”🤡
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Heat. Use a blowdryer. Or maybe just accept them and live with it? Have you checked YouTube?
 
Toobdrvr said:
Got it done with steps 1-4. Never again, though…
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I like the fact you're trying to make it a sleeper. Never show your hand. If I was going to order a Plaid I'd order it with a normal steering wheel and no badges. Everyone knows it's a Tesla, it'd likely be grey with black wheels. A weapon.
 
knot4u said:
I like the fact you're trying to make it a sleeper. Never show your hand. If I was going to order a Plaid I'd order it with a normal steering wheel and no badges. Everyone knows it's a Tesla, it'd likely be grey with black wheels. A weapon.
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I'm not really a big fan of Teslas personally, but I have a seen a couple of the sedans that actually looked pretty good, after extensive mods. No offense to you Tesla drivers out there. I'm sure they are nice cars, just not my cup of tea
 
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