Another trick for removing old decals, taught to me by a fabulous boat painter on the west coast, is to cut a piece of Lexan/plexi-glass (doesn't matter the thickness) on a jigsaw. Say 2" x 4", basically whatever is most comfortable to handle, and sharpen a bevel on one end on a belt sander. Essentially making a plexi-glass chisel.
Will scrape vinyl off super quick and wont ever scratch the gelcoat. Seriously, not ever, no scratches. You can go to town scraping away. Gelcoat is harder than the plexi-glass, but the plexi-glass is sharp enough to cut/scrape the vinyl.
You might just need to re-sharpen your "chisel" every few minutes or so.
Works amazingly well...
__________________
Zachary
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
|