Miscellaneous FAQ - De-badging

[luke64]

i de badged mine hot soapy water an a old credit card came off a treat but i cant get my mangolish sticker typa thing off i dont no how to wonder if any of you have came across this problem?

 

[H2DaE]

If there is quite a lot of glue that is hard to shift left when you take the badge off, you can also use Jelsol on it. Just spray it over the glue and leave it for a few minutes, then just slide the credit card underneath it and it should come off pretty easily

 

[SkinzCinqSporting]

Easing oil (WD40) is also good for removing left over glue

 

[moshchops]

Just done my Stilo, used a wallpaper steamer, took the plate off the steamer and worked the end of the hose round the badges, they just came off nicely without any effort.

 

[crabbo_1]

I used a rubber drill attachment thing (pinstripe removal tool) to remove the glue...works wonders

 

[jamiejamied]

white spirit and credit card good aswell, rub a WS soaked cloth on the glue, leave for 2 then rub for 10 and it will take it of easily

 

[ChrisMClark]

Intensive bug and tar foam works well to loosen it, then when dry just rub it vigorously with your finger and it'll come off.

 

[Davey Prater]

I can recommend not using a hairdryer at any point whilst de-badging, for one it means you need to be near a power socket and two, it took me a good half an hour just to heat the glue enough to ram the credit card behind it. After that I got bored and left the other 2 badges. I shall remove them using these methods now.

Cheers.

 

[joe-bloggs]

Ive been told petrol works a treat to take things like old glue off by a feller that fits windows for autoglass

 

[Fostar]

he's not wrong !!

 

[bigadz]

use a hair drier, then move a bit of fishing line side to side down the back of the badge, remove the excess glue with a bit of your missus's nail varnish remover! t-cut in if you can still see ghost letters

 

[mcjacko1987]

i was doing mine lastnight. got ghost letters left on the boot.need sum t-cut:bang:.does anyone no any other methods to get rid of the ghost letters plus i started on a door strip (5 door punto) and i was using the hair dryer credit car method.came off easy but left loads of access glue behindwat 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. i will be very greatfull for any help on this

 

[rickyt1]

you can also use duck tape if you cut a strip off then wrap it around your hand so adesive is facing outwards then apply to remainder of glue in short sharp movements (dab it on)it removes it by sticking to it and comes off when you take tape away i used this method whilst working in bodyshop hope this helps or use electric paint stripper to soften glue but beware of burning your paint

 

[rickyt1]

you can remove ghosting by using a cutting compound called farecla g3 it also comes in various grades of abrasive for compounding / polishing your car paint used in bodyshops you can get it from a paint supplier

 

[stutheitguy]

How come you'd want to take the badges off the back anyway?

 

[mcjacko1987]

How come you'd want to take the badges off the back anyway?

looks better

 

[fletch101101]

Erm part of my job is taking Badges off cars and the best way is to use;
* a hot glue gun
* a scraper with brand new blade
* a scrubbing brush
* tar and glue remover.

first use hot air gun and scraper to get the main badge off (taking care not to burn things and not to scrap paint off). Then get the tar and glue remover (autoglim product sold at allot of motor shops) sray a good generous layer of it on the glue, and also put some behine your front wheel on any tar stuck to your car if you have any. then the next step is to go make a nice cuppa if you made it this far. once you had your cuppa and it had soaked, get the scrubbing brush and go over glue and spray with the spray again. then wipe off with a cloth.

last step is to give your car a good clean and polish

I know this is basicly the same as yours but its the method i always use

 

[weas3l5491]

I just removed the stickers off my punto. I used a pencil eraser to get rid of the glue after removing the glue-on-letters.