Best way to clean around emblems

[98CayenneTA]

How are folks choosing to debadge? By using floss? Fishing line? The last time I debadged was over ten years ago and I used plenty of floss.

I use fishing line then a 3m rubber wheel.

[opie]

I use fishing line then a 3m rubber wheel.

This^^^

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[Billy Baldone]

If you are not debadging, I recommend a soft brush, and a water spot remover if there is a lot of build up. In some instances, when I have a client that uses the automatic car wash alot, those areas are never cleaned right. Only way to get them clean without debadging

[PA DETAILER]

Speed Master 5 Piece Brush Set

[crg001]

If you are not debadging, I recommend a soft brush, and a water spot remover if there is a lot of build up. In some instances, when I have a client that uses the automatic car wash alot, those areas are never cleaned right. Only way to get them clean without debadging

Yup, this is the way! I use 3D Eraser Gel with a detail factory ultra soft brush. Squirt some gel directly onto the brush, and agitate through every crevice. The acidic products work especially well in this case, as often times the gunk in between the badges is all hard water and mineral deposits that regular car soap and alkaline degreasers won't touch.

[2wookies]

I use fishing line then a 3m rubber wheel.

MAN!!! I had a bad day with that wheel few years back, customer told me that he was washing his car and one of his emblems fell off the fender when his wash mitt hit it. So he asked me to removed the rest prior to a correction and coating, I also had one of them fall off. So removed both fenders emblems and then grabbed my wheel, as I had dozens of other times, and started removing the adhesive….then the paint fell off! LITERALLY fell off when the wheel hit it, had a nice tasty looking paint chip on my garage floor.

Customer wasn’t mad as it was obviously a bad paint job and got it fixed, but that was a bad day for sure.

[JDGolden]

I've debadged a lot of vehicles in my day but I think I agree with the OP. I'd leave those lol.

[Azure]

Yeah a boars hair or detail or a detail factory ultra soft brush if paint is soft. I use to do in snow foam stage but now do as Opie does and just use bucket wash soap.


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I still do mine in the snow foam stage. Did you notice some negatives doing it this way that made you switch it up?

[Desertnate]

De-badge


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I used a hair dryer to heat it up. Then I used fishing line, which mostly separated the badge from the adhesive. The foam adhesive was easy to roll up/off of the car. Followed up with goo gone.

This.

One of the first thing I do to my cars regardless of trim or price is to start removing badges. I find them unneeded and disrupt the design of the car. not to mention are a royal pain to clean/polish around. I'd de-badge the automaker badge too if I could, but it's often not an option because they are recessed and held on with rivets/clips of some sort that leave holes.

[Coatingsarecrack]

I still do mine in the snow foam stage. Did you notice some negatives doing it this way that made you switch it up?

I figure the foam stage is to remove surface debris and soften it up. The PW to remove and don’t want to rub in whatever foam is breaking down. I put black 5.0 badges to replace the crome one’s and noticed swirls when i use to brush them in foam stage

I foam the car dry as I figure it won’t won’t get watered down and penetrate better if foam goes on dry car.


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