News : Cleaning my rear number plate. I'm back !!!

4th May 2015, 18:50

Hello folks. You may remember when I asked how to remove a number plate stuck on with double sided sticky tape. Yes? Well I received some right snidy remarks and a few good answers but I'll let that pass. Anyway it turned out that to remove the tape I had to destroy it using a blunt knife and to push it up between the sheet of numbers and the tape itself from below and to the sides of the plate. This crunched the tape up until the plate would come off with a firm pull. Then I found that the numbers themselves were inaccessible and couldn't be cleaned. The dirty appearancw was due to the glue that holds the thin plastic sheet of numbers to the transparent acrylic front cover having gone mouldy. The only thing to do was to buy a new plate. I got one for £10 inc p/p. I just thought I'd report this because other Saxo owners may have a similarly dirty plate that refuses to wash clean.

4th May 2015, 19:25

Brilliant news! Maybe this could be made a sticky so it can help others out.

5th May 2015, 07:08

What so you were trying to clean behind the plate, but the dirt was actually on the plate?? Wasn't that quite obvious from just looking at it?

5th May 2015, 08:13

Great news I can get a good nights sleep now knowing this.(pretty obvious that the plate is laminated)

5th May 2015, 09:27

Just one thing... does the knife have to be blunt? all mine are quite sharp but can blunt one if need be. Maybe a guide on knife bluntening would be helpful too

5th May 2015, 12:35

Well if you stopped and applied logic,you would not have needed to make a pointless thread,end of.

5th May 2015, 12:46

Christ this is retarded

5th May 2015, 19:17

Yes the thread is retarded hence my sarcastic posting i'll say no more.

6th May 2015, 09:30

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Originally Posted by woolyhead

Hello folks. You may remember when I asked how to remove a number plate stuck on with double sided sticky tape. Yes? Well I received some right snidy remarks and a few good answers but I'll let that pass. Anyway it turned out that to remove the tape I had to destroy it using a blunt knife and to push it up between the sheet of numbers and the tape itself from below and to the sides of the plate. This crunched the tape up until the plate would come off with a firm pull. Then I found that the numbers themselves were inaccessible and couldn't be cleaned. The dirty appearancw was due to the glue that holds the thin plastic sheet of numbers to the transparent acrylic front cover having gone mouldy. The only thing to do was to buy a new plate. I got one for £10 inc p/p. I just thought I'd report this because other Saxo owners may have a similarly dirty plate that refuses to wash clean.

You'll also remember that on your previous thread, everyone told you not to bother dismantling the plate and that you should just buy a new one. Learn to listen to other people's advice before passing it off as being rude. You lack common sense, don't blame that on us.

6th May 2015, 19:23

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Originally Posted by Jizanthapus

What so you were trying to clean behind the plate, but the dirt was actually on the plate?? Wasn't that quite obvious from just looking at it?

No. The dirt was between the acrylic front plate and the back face of the sheet with the numbers on. And I got the whole thing off without breaking it.

6th May 2015, 19:29

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Originally Posted by holdawayt

You'll also remember that on your previous thread, everyone told you not to bother dismantling the plate and that you should just buy a new one. Learn to listen to other people's advice before passing it off as being rude. You lack common sense, don't blame that on us.

Do you think so? I was referring to the references made about me being thick. Also the good advice didn't give me much confidence because there was no explanation about what had caused the dirty appearance. No one said the glue changes colour and looks filthy.

7th May 2015, 16:42

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Originally Posted by stevo67

Well if you stopped and applied logic,you would not have needed to make a pointless thread,end of.

So how exactly would logic have told me where the dirt was? The fact that the glue had changed colour can't be worked out with logic, unless you know better. If so please inform us how.

8th May 2015, 07:58

Of course it could, it's common sense.

Grab any clear plastic ruler, bend it, see how it goes cloudy? It's the same with any acrylic. Yours is a laminated acrylic plate, so as well as the cloudly appearance from stresses you'll also get dirt build up between the laminate.

I didn't go to numberplate school to learn this, it's common sense. I believe the references about you being thick are pretty justified. Woolyhead is a good username for you, describes you perfectly.

8th May 2015, 08:15

8th May 2015, 10:41

So much time and effort expended here - and eventually you just spent £10 on a new plate and all is right with the world. I'm just not sure why you didn't do that to start with!

A new shiny numberplate is easily one of the best £10's you can spend to tidy up a cars appearance

8th May 2015, 12:45

Guy asks about damaged part, gets told how to deal with it, ignores all advice then comes back telling everyone how he figured it all out. Fascinating stuff.

8th May 2015, 17:10

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Originally Posted by Jizanthapus

What so you were trying to clean behind the plate, but the dirt was actually on the plate?? Wasn't that quite obvious from just looking at it?

Made me laugh 😁

8th May 2015, 18:03

I retire in abject shame and misery from this subject. You're all right, I am uninformed, thick, stupid and lacking common sense. Thanks everyone for pointing it all out. Boo hoo!