i was doing some debadgeing lastnight on my mk2 punto.i now have got ghost letters left on the boot.now i need sum t-cut to get rid:bang:.does anyone no any other methods to get rid of the ghost letters as i dont have any t-cut. plus i started on a door strip (5 door punto) and i was using the hair dryer credit car method(same as how i did the back badges)and the strip came off easy but left loads of access glue behind realy thick glue aswell, wat a nightmare that was to take off.i had to use a hair dryer and rub with a cloth on my finger.only managed to do 1 strip and thats the back left one.got 3 more to do yet.it took me 2hours to get rid of access glue on just that one.is there an easyer way to do this as my finger is still killing this morning. think its going to blister over cos of the heat of the glue lol. i will be very greatfull for any help on this

i picked off all the black i could then used, VERY LIGHTLY lighter fluid. took it off in no time then tcuted over it.

Get some Auto Gym intensive tar remover on it. Or heat the strips up more and the glue should come off with them. If you have no Tcut goto halfrauds any buy some.

so basicly im doing the right thing then guys.but just need to heat up more and take my time a lil more.and il get some t-cut later on today and do a proper job of it.thanks for the help people

Exactly that

punto_matt said:

Exactly that

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ok thanks mate.so t-cut deffo gets rid of the ghost letters?its looking so much better even with a slight show of where they where. thanks for ya help

It should do depends how badly faded the car is though.

punto_matt said:

It should do depends how badly faded the car is though.

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not much.the ghost is very light.can only see in sertain light

Yeah just spend a good amount of time working the polish in so the compound breaks down properly.

punto_matt said:

Yeah just spend a good amount of time working the polish in so the compound breaks down properly.

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ok thanks a lot m8

iv tryed t-cutting today and without any results.dont no if im doing it right.i washed the car and dryed.i aplied t-cut on the host letters and was rubbing for 10mins.let to dry for 5mins and then rubbed over with a diffrent cloth.but still got ghost letters.how much t-cut am i mnt to applie and how long should i rub it in for?and do i need to do this method several times over?iv got standerd t-cut but my cars metalic.is there a metalic t-cut available and would this work better?

Take a picture to show us how badly its faded.

this is it.and same with the punto elx side to

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this is it.and same with the punto elx side to

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as you can see its not that bad.u can see it better if ur back from the screen.

Its not that bad. Get one of the whole boot panel that way it is easier to tell if it is more obvious.

punto_matt said:

Its not that bad. Get one of the whole boot panel that way it is easier to tell if it is more obvious.

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ok give me 5mins.plus it doesnt help with the sun lol.im in the shade but still gettin reflections lol.

hope there betta

dont t-cut that area only

you will have to the boot at the very least

why the whole boot?

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why the whole boot?

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where the badge has been is new paint which has now been brought to the surface. The rest of area is still old paint even if it looks in good condition which will have had years of weathering. It will still be faded slightly even if you think it looks in good condition

If you are just concentrating on that small area only you will always have a paint mismatch, so you need to do all areas so it looks the same and not odd

Its like painting a picture - you dont colour in one part and leave the rest blank.