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Originally Posted by DutchStar38
I removed it myself. Very painstaking but successful. Used Xylene to remove the adhesive left behind. My DS was almost black. Now the front of the coach looks like new. No more Diamond Shiled for this buggy.
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I just removed the DS from my 2003 Mountain Aire and am thrilled how the front looks new again. Mine was shrinking and separating in various spots, and where it separated it left behind the glue which of course attracted every spec of dirt in the vicinity. I used the advice seen on this forum. I'll recap here:
1) soak an area with WD-40 2) using heat gun, heat an area and peel the film off using orange "Scraperite" plastic razor blades. I used a Permatex handle that comes with two blades that I purchased at Pep boys. I got extra blades at West Marine. The permatex handle really helped give leverage.
3) scrape glue thinned with Zylene. I couldn't find Zylene but I used Kleen-Strip industrial maintinence coatings thinner, which I think is naphtha.
4) finally strip with Goof-Off
5) finish with a wash and wax.
It took me about 9 hours to do this from the lights up (about 75% of the DS). The lower DS is still not too bad, no cracks or shrinkage. If it starts to go I will know how to handle it!