any of you guys done it without any stratches/fading of paint/ etc from chemicals

whats the ebst way to go about it? any help appreciated

Trav

yeah me n thugdout did mine minus any damage...i think the only damage was my ring made a small nick that was polished out easily

we heated it up with the hairdryer..cut a plastic chinese container lid in half..then just slowly slid it under the badge..then used DeSolvit to remove the glue..with a lot of rubbing and picking at the glue the stuff came off clean

Last time i did it (on my old ride when I removed the exec badge) I used a hair dryer to soften up the badge glue, then fishing line to remove it.

Once the badge and most of the glue came off I used some acetone free nail polish remover to remove the rest of the glue before proceeding to give the area a good polish.

Easy, Damage-free job for me too. A 'little' heat from the hairdryer to soften the glue and some nice fine fishing line to slide between badge and paint. The trick here is to keep the tension on the fishing line even. After the badge is goooone then use something like Prepwash or DeSolveIt to take the glue away. Patience is the key with this step, dont try to scratch or scrape your glue off using kitchen utensils and the like (i'm horrified that someone used a plastic chinese container). After all the glue is gone give it a good polish to even the paint out (remeber that the area you have taken the badge from has not seen the sun and is not faded like the rest of the paint.

As a side note: After I successfully removed my badges and placed a shiny new Diamante badge on the boot my car was bashed badly by hail and had to be repaired and resprayed from front to back so i asked that my car not be rebadged and that my Diamante boot badge be placed on. So if you cant be assed with taking your badges off head out into hail and let the smash repairers do all the hard work :D

hairdryers? :bowrofl: Talk about overdoing it.


Get some fishing line or dental floss, use it like a garrote and slide it behind the badge until it comes off, then grab your trusty clean rag and some tea tree oil.. Dab on the oil, leave for 30 seconds and then wipe off.. Repeat if necessary..

Shouldnt take you more than 3 minutes to do.

yep what bain said. good ol tea tree oil. I cut and polished afterwards to even out the colour tho

umm, i just ripped my badges off (which were already coming off a bit at the corners) with my hands and a can of wd-40.

Once teh badge was off, rubbing and more wd40 got all the goo off, and followed with polish. You'd probably be able to see swirl/scratch marks on darker colourd cars like charcol grey. I rushed my job and u can see some slight marks when u're at the right angle :cry: :cry:

hairdryers? :bowrofl: Talk about overdoing it.

YUP! Hairdryers, helps to soften the glue a little on those cold Sydney days.

^^^ "cold sydney days" :) funny cvnt !!!

I used the garotte method, but instead of using fishing line, I used the inside wires from some CAT5 network cable lying around - stronger than fishing line :)

Cheers
Heath Young

well we did two cars minus any scratches using the chinese container lids so i dont think its neccesary to say you're horrified with the method...its only in contact with badge and glue so i dont see how it could possibly scratch...

troo 2 cars no scratches, its plastic theres no way in hell it was dig deep enuff into paint that a polish would clear up


now if i tried dong it with a knife then ur allowed to be horrified

the Advance badge more or less just pealed right off by hand...... dodgy stickers! But i know you guys with the metal badges are harder to take off though.

Where did you guys put the de-badged badges? hehe,, I stuck mine on my bed room door!

I know Bain's got a 3.5l Fridge.

my monitor is a V6 Executive :)

well we did two cars minus any scratches using the chinese container lids so i dont think its neccesary to say you're horrified with the method...its only in contact with badge and glue so i dont see how it could possibly scratch...

I'm still horrified



troo 2 cars no scratches, its plastic theres no way in hell it was dig deep enuff into paint that a polish would clear up


now if i tried dong it with a knife then ur allowed to be horrified

I'm allowed to horrified at what I like, when i like. And I am.

I used a heat gun (a hairdryer works to) and peeled the badge off, then used eucalyptus oil to get the glue off, then i polished over it.

I stuck most of the badges on my toolbox, but my cd case has a 2.6l Astron 2 in it :P

Flava, if you're scared about using the other stuff, use dental floss.

What about RE-ATTACHING the desired badging; ie gold plated, hot red etc.

i removed them with a plastic knife
the type you get a BBQ's
then i used metho to get rid of the sticky crap
and then a light buff with some cutters

Flava, if you're scared about using the other stuff, use dental floss.
I'm not scared, my car is already successfully debadged. I just said i was horrified by the fact that someone would want something to scrape glue off of paint. I'm not saying don't use your own ingenuity (hey if a plastic scraper works for you then go for it). I'm just a paint concious type of guy. Each to their own.

P.S. Why is it that when someone expresses an opinion on these forums that others dont agree with, it seems to degenerate into a bashing session.

I know Bain's got a 3.5l Fridge.
hahha yeah.. a Magna 3.5L fridge..

http://members.optusnet.com.au/miltonf/magnafridge.jpg

Well my badge removal was easy, some mongrel vandal decided they would do it for me. Kinda like a free service I guess :confused: Only downside was I had to get the rear of the boot re-sprayed :rant:

Saving me typing it just click on the link My debadge page (http://neilk.customer.netspace.net.au/150404.htm)

Bain, I don't know about your badges, but the glue under my badges was like tarzan grip! lol I had to use a hairdryer and a scraper, those buggers were not coming off in 3 mins (unless I 'yoinked' them!)

Just be aware that not all under badge surfaces are the best, there is another member here (if he wants to reveal himself) who after taking off the badges found that there were tiny pit marks all around the edges of the badge outline... I had a look and it was very weird. hard to notice if you weren't looking for it but not able to be fixed short of a respray or touch up! I cant explain why it happened to be around the outline. :confused:

Just a note with removing excess glue. Don't realy need to go and use tea tree oil. You plain
old vegetable oil will do the trick.

Just a note with removing excess glue. Don't realy need to go and use tea tree oil. You plain
old vegetable oil will do the trick.
This is true..

But tea tree oil smells so nice :)