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How to get the tough spots?
Any recommendations on how to clean up the area's around car emblems. Like the toyota, honda, hyundai emblems? There are those tiny areas inside them that I have a hard time getting them polished and all shiny. Is using q-tips the best way to polish and wax them, or does anyone have a better way?
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
Shave them off and never look back! Well on your own car anyway, not the customers.
Megs APC+ 4:1 with a brush like this:
Lug Nut Brush,Clean Wheel Brush,clean brake calipers, clean lug nuts, boar's hair wheel brush, best wheel brush, wheel lug nuts
Then like you said......wax the best you can.
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
A detailing brush and some APC or just use the car soap when washing the car.
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
^+1 for just shaving the suckers!
We recently did a black Saab 9-3, and the emblems were wiggly and loose. We discussed it with the owner, and got the OK to remove them. She loved the look! BUT, I tend to like how the central located brand emblems, like the BMW, Audi, Acura, look undisturbed.
Again, another vote for APC and brushes. Toothbrushes, military detail brushes, Q-tips, etc. But most of all: Patience. Just be careful, most brushes will introduce scratches to the paint surrounding the emblem.
The PC with a very soft pad and M105 over the emblems works nice on shallow emblems.
We need a nice 1" pad for the PC
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
I have always used APC and a soft bristle toothbrush.
A tooth brush is such an under rated detailing tool. (makes interior cleaning alot easier too)
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I use a power toothbrush that an ex gf forgot when we broke up. Works great
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
Be sure to clean it real good if she wants it back! LOL... On second thought, why bother...
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
Originally Posted by Dan Metzler
Shave them off and never look back!
Your car will look much better without them. Just Do It
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”
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Re: How to get the tough spots?
How do you shave them off? Never done one before. Do you just heat up the glue and then us a plastic putty knife and just scrape it off?
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