Debadge your car in 10 minutes, WARNING dial up users

[mcnmn]

mcnmn, POLISH IT!!! The only excuse for putting badges back on, and I mean the ONLY excuse, is if they were superglued there. That stuff is hard to get rid of. Everything else will polish out. You don't even need to buy a polish, try a bit of metho on a rag and then just rub it gently with some coarse stuff on another rag, anything with a bit of a cut in it.

thanks but it wasnt superglue i assume it was the standard black double sided tape, i got all of that off, and the gunk underneath using metho,
then had a go at pollishing off the marks with some turtle wax polish, althougth i didnt go mental, worried about takeing too much paint off..
made it a bit lighter but still looked terrible.. so i came to the conclusion that whatever glue had been used had stained the paint.
if you have a suggestion to get rid of this id be willing to give it a go
- mat

 

[savage1987]

it might have stained the very surface of the paint mate but it won't have gone all the way through. Give it a good rub with some Meguiars Paint Cleaner or something similar on a rag, it will go away slowly as you rub through the very outside layer of paint. That's what a cutting compound does, just takes the very outside layer down.

Whereabouts are you located?

Sam

 

[mcnmn]

ok ill have to give that a shot, thanks heaps,
im in sydney, northern beaches..
ill give it a go on the weekend and let u know how i go
- mat

 

[savage1987]

No worries mate, should go OK. General rule is to just keep rubbing until it's gone. Picture this if you're worried about taking layers off your paint, just to give you a vague idea:

...primer
...primer
...primer
...primer
...primer
...primer
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|| ** some deeper scratches
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|| ** || clear coat
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|| ** || :: most surface scratches
|| ** || ::
|| ** || :: ++ surface staining


Of course, this is just to give you a very rough idea of what's going on, and is not 100% perfectly accurate. Hopefully it'll give a couple of people an idea of this sort of thing though, and make them feel better about polishing up their paintwork. You're barely even breaking the surface.

Sam

 

[brayden_87]

may i ask why people take of the badges?

 

[nicko]

looks cleaner, and some people dont want others knowing what they have.

 

[CANYONERO]

i wanted a cleaner look and i felt like i didnt need to advertise i have a V8 (car thieves etc) also i thought i'd take em off on my terms instead of someone doing it for me - with a screw driver.

 

[savage1987]

Super-clean cars look tough. Plus if you're an obsessive detailer like me, around badges is a great hidey-hole for dirt and you can't polish those bits inside the lettering very easily at all.

Sam

 

[Ozzie]

I used your method to remove the badges 2 days ago.... worked wonders
I just wanted to get rid of the buildup between the badge, then bought some 3M double sided tape to stick back on.
Looks sooo cleanly done. TYTYTY


Also: This method works for anything with double sided tape on it,, example: I had an old car phone arieal stuck to the rear windshield and it came off cleanly in about 10 seconds

 

[VNwazza]

After some advice regarding the 'weather strip' or protective strip on the side of VN's and VP's. I have to replace my drivers door on my white VN. I have a replacement door that is off a white VP. The problem is that the two strips are different. How hard are the strips to remove and clean up underneath? If its possible I will remove the whole lot off the car, or get the one off the old door (VN) and stick it on the VP door. I read the earlier posts about a 'caramel wheel' and I don't have one or even know what it is! Thanks for any advice!