de-badging

[mattius]

hey, the badging on the boot of my car has gone all shitty, so i want to remove it without damaging the paint. its glued on. ive been told a method of doing this is heating up the glue with a hairdryer and removing it with fishing line. is this the way to go?if not how would u go about it?
-mattius

[old baggins]

Bingo! Just don't get too close to the paint work with that hair dryer.

Big Kev goo remover works a treat to get the rest of the crap off, or should I say goo - Eucalyptus oil is another that works.

[mattius]

cheers dude. im to assume that there is goin to be a ugly outline of it due to the fact that the paint underneath has never seen sun? anyway of fixing this apart from respray?

[Captiva Fan]

Not really, unfortunately ... if you polish the panel you can sorta blend it in though, so it's not as noticeable unless you squint. Or get new badging; new-looking badges, IMHO, really make an older car look "neat".

[MiRkO]

if fishing wire is too thick use dental flosh. and two remove use a paint cleanner product l just did my car came up great