I've finally debadged my car! But, I can't seem to get all the tacky residue off the trunk. I've rubbed lots and lots of Goo-Gone over it, but it seems to be taking forever for it to rub off so I stopped that and finished waxing/polishing my car. What else can I use to get it all off? I'll get back to it in the spring before I do another wax/polish job.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by morganm peanut butter. apply and let it absorbe the stuff and whipe it off <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Wow I have never heard that one... I always just used a hair drier for stickers.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by kickin_81 Last time I checked, gasoline strips paint. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> It didn't strip my paint, but you never know
they make a special adhesive remover for that kind of thing. It looks like a real big eraser that you put into a drill, and it will not burn through the paint. Russ
rubbing compound and then polishing compound, then the paint wont look all scratched to hell from all the chemicals, you learn a thing or two from detailing for a long time
Dam-it! I already waxed my car!!! The outside lining of the letters is visible to the naked eye if looked at closely. I hope winter is over quickly. Thanks fellas!
I had those faint lines too, but I just re-waxed those areas with cleaner wax, and they rubbed right out.
Go to Home Depot, and get a bottle of "Goo Gone" Apply liberally with a rag, allow it a minute or three to soak in. Then rub off the sticky stuff with your hands or with a terry towel. Make sure you use a cleaner wax when you are finished, then apply two or three coats of wax over the area.
A pencil eraser. apply the goo-gone, and let it soak in. then use the eraser of the pencil to rub the goo off. keep using goo gone as a lubricant while you rub. The softer erasers work better (like the kind on mechanical pencils)
Another quick question... Ive decided to debadge but i have had my car for 2 years and it does do a fair amount of time in the sun... will i have fading because of that or will it still be ok?
Just wax your car every couple months. Paint will fade regardless of if you pull some badges off. Remember, the area under your badges got the same amount of clearcoat that the rest of the car did. Just polish it up and wax it and you'll be fine.
i pulled the badging off my trunk. it spent prolly 7yrs of its life in new mexico. pulled the badges off and the paint was mint! no fading. i highly doubt there will be any fading. if there is put the badge back on.
