Debadging/adhesive removal

[PooterWS6]

Hey Nick, any tips for removing badging adhesive?
Ill be pulling all the badges off my truck when the weather warms up, just wondering if just standard adhesive removers are ok on the paint?

[bcoop]

Heat gun, but be careful. It's all too easy to burn the paint if you aren't paying attention.

[PooterWS6]

Heat gun, but be careful. It's all too easy to burn the paint if you aren't paying attention.
To get the adhesive off? I guess just heat it up and whipe it off?
Have you ever used any of the chemicals for removing it?(I dont have a heat gun:o, unless my old lady's hair dryer would give enough heat?)

[Nick Chapman]

are you close to grapvine?

[Shaggin Wagon]

Electric drill and a "Astro" brand eraser wheel .

[PooterWS6]

are you close to grapvine?
Semi, but I can be:D
I go out that way to visit my parents every few weeks...

[Geor!]

Heat gun/hair dryer to remove the badge. 3M adhesive remover to remove the resin. The 3M chemical didn't fuck up my paint at all.

[Txstang1]

try rubbing it off with your finger or thumb, sometimes it comes off pretty easy that way. IF that doesn't work, you can use paint thinner, just be bery bery careful and do not rub on it very hard.

[ELVIS]

i use fishing line to get the badges off, slip in behind the badge and pull. Then goo B gone to get the adhesive.

god bless.

[PooterWS6]

Awesome, thanks guys, ill give it a shot.




Nick, ill hit you up if I fuck it up:p

[ma bull]

Will 3m adhesive remover get the stubborn ass residue from a pinstripe off?

[Shorty]

i use fishing line to get the badges off, slip in behind the badge and pull. Then goo B gone to get the adhesive.

god bless.
did my car and an impreza like this.

[Nick Chapman]

Awesome, thanks guys, ill give it a shot.




Nick, ill hit you up if I fuck it up:p


By then it'll be too late :D

[PooterWS6]

By then it'll be too late :D
I know, but I didnt want to bug you if its not that bad to do :)
I will be hitting you up on some scuffs though! Had a run in with some brush not to long ago and scuffed up the fender a little bit, might see if you can buff it out :cool:

[Trip McNeely]

I used fishing line tied to two larger objects to use as handles and used a sawing motion behind them until i was all the way through. Then once the badges came off, I used WD40 and a plastic puddy knife. It took awhile, but left absolutely no marks. I also did it on my rear spoiler which took awhile longer.

[PooterWS6]

I used fishing line tied to two larger objects to use as handles and used a sawing motion behind them until i was all the way through. Then once the badges came off, I used WD40 and a plastic puddy knife. It took awhile, but left absolutely no marks. I also did it on my rear spoiler which took awhile longer.
Cool, thanks Chris, Ive heard about the fishing line trick, but didnt know if it worked better than a heat gun.
Now I just have to wait for it to warm back up some to try it out. :o

[Streetdemon70]

did the fishing line thing and then after that got a little eraser thing that goes on the end of the drill and used it to get al the glue off. after that i waxed my whole truck and looks flawless.

[93 Fox]

i use fishing line to get the badges off, slip in behind the badge and pull. Then goo B gone to get the adhesive.

god bless.

did the same thing and it worked great and cost a whopping $5 max... i cant remember if it was actually goo b gone or not but i know i got it at the vato zone it took me about 10 min to get everything off and cleaned up the way i wanted too. on a side note though be careful if its on an older car because the paint underneath the decal might be a different color (lighter or darker). Good luck!

[PooterWS6]

did the same thing and it worked great and cost a whopping $5 max... i cant remember if it was actually goo b gone or not but i know i got it at the vato zone it took me about 10 min to get everything off and cleaned up the way i wanted too. on a side note though be careful if its on an older car because the paint underneath the decal might be a different color (lighter or darker). Good luck!
Thats the only thing im worried about, its a silver truck thats been parked outside since it was built(wont fit in a garage :o )
Thanks, and ill post some pics when I get to doing it :cool:

[ELVIS]

Thats the only thing im worried about, its a silver truck thats been parked outside since it was built(wont fit in a garage :o )
Thanks, and ill post some pics when I get to doing it :cool:


how old is it. i removed some off a 3yr old truck thats always outside and once waxed you could never tell the difference. good luck.


god bless.

[PooterWS6]

how old is it. i removed some off a 3yr old truck thats always outside and once waxed you could never tell the difference. good luck.


god bless.

Its an '05, and I do try to wax it pretty often when I have the time.
I guess worst case pull off one letter and see how it looks, if its bad, slap that ho back on! :p