okay so i bought a used sail that i was wanting to put my own sail number on. i started peeling one of the red numbers off and under it was like a red stain behind the number... as i quickly slapped that pulled up side back down on the sail, i had no idea how i would get rid of the color. Is it residue or did the color actually bleed into the sail??? can i get rid of the color so i can actually put my own numbers on without the sail looking like crap??
The topic has been covered pretty thoroughly - Read these threads about sail number removal. Goo-Gone is the safest for you, Acetone works just fine too but you need to use toilet paper under/on top of the sail to keep it from evaporating before it does it's work of softening the adhesive , and heed the warnings about vapor and skin..
Yes, the adhesive has picked up some of the dye from the number, but it will not transfer to the sail itself - get rid of the adhesive and you will have a hard knowing that there use to be a number there..
Yeah I used acetone to get some adhesive off of my sail... I think I saw on North Sails' website to use it. It also mentioned that you could use a water/bleach mixture in a 30:1 ratio to get mildew off. This might work with the color too, or it might just be too weak of a solution.