Surprise! Badge Replacement, Porsche Boxster.

[Detailing by M]

I showed up to do a mini detail and the customer asked me if I could put this on. I said of course, anything for this customer! She's my favorite and I wish all people were like her and her husband! So she handed me dental floss, a new badge and I was on my way.

Preparation:
After washing the car, claying a D156 Express Wax was applied I was ready to work on it.
So I guess that's prep.

Tools:
Glide dental floss. ( I wasn't prepared to do this and I would have preferred fishing line. I'm getting some to keep in the van for next time)
Plastic and Metal Razors. The metal razor was used to sharpen the plastic razor so don't freak
I didn't use a metal razor on the paint.
Tarminator to remove the adhesive on a terry towel.
M105 to polish it up
D156 to shine it up





Here's the broken one that she's had for years. So it's about time to replace it.http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0644_zps74f20f15.jpg

Action shots of the process:
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0643_zps1ef402dc.jpg

Dental Floss. I just gently slid it through the foam adhesive. Broke a couple of times. Fishing line works way better.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0645_zpsee7b35a0.jpg

On to the foam residue. With a sharp plastic blade I pushed to foam off the paint without causing damage.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0648_zpsadf4ac60.jpg

Here's me sharpening the plastic blade with the metal blade.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0649_zps181020c5.jpg

All the foam off and on to the adhesive residue
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0650_zpsbfe5cc07.jpg

Sprayed a little Tarminator on the adhesive
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0651_zps55a2a088.jpg

Gently rubbed in a back and forth motion for a minute or 4 and it came off with ease.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0653_zpsffa29de5.jpg

Micro fiber and M105 and the little scratches and just dirt around the old emblem were all gone and ready for the new badge
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0654_zpsb3588b34.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0655_zps033e3589.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0656_zps27129747.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/MaseratiMario/IMAG0657_zpsd65c89f4.jpg

[cartman57]

Sounds like a great customer to have.

[JSou]

Good stuff. I had to do something similar a few weeks ago. Tarminator works great.

[BuckeyeR/T]

Serving others that respect your craft always feels good.
Nice work!

[Danube]

Great work!

[D_Nyholm]

Just a note for some, do not use a sawing action with the dental floss or fishing line. A friend removed the spoiler from his m3 and used a sawing action. Each pull of the fishing line made a deep gouge into the paint that could not be removed. Good thing he was adding a larger carbon fiber duck tail type spoiler!

[Detailing by M]

Just a note for some, do not use a sawing action with the dental floss or fishing line. A friend removed the spoiler from his m3 and used a sawing action. Each pull of the fishing line made a deep gouge into the paint that could not be removed. Good thing he was adding a larger carbon fiber duck tail type spoiler!

Well you can only do the "saw method" you can't pull the string through the foam. When you do this you need to stay close to the badge. The string is the to remove the badge and then you remove the foam and then the adhesive. But this badge was older and the foam was already degraded and was easy to cut through. So I'm guessing on a newer vehicle it would be harder to saw through but you have to be careful.

[Pats300zx]

Great job !!!!

[VroomVroom]

Awesome work, and a great write-up. Thanks! There are a handful of 'right' ways to do this, and a gazillion WRONG ways. Wonderful job of capturing the former. (And thanks for the sharpening tip...I've got a handful of small plastic putty knives I've been using for this purpose for years, and they're all dull. But not for long.)

[Klasse Act]

Good job and great customer service!

Sent from my SPH-M930 using AG Online

[Detailing by M]

Awesome work, and a great write-up. Thanks! There are a handful of 'right' ways to do this, and a gazillion WRONG ways. Wonderful job of capturing the former. (And thanks for the sharpening tip...I've got a handful of small plastic putty knives I've been using for this purpose for years, and they're all dull. But not for long.)

lol, yes lot's of wrong ways of doing this job!
I'm a former Chef so EVERYTHING gets sharpened around me! I basically learned this from sharpening plastic spatula's. Check your kitchen and you'll see what I'm talking abute.