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As you can see in the attached picture, the previous owner of this car was a Freemason.
To the left of the license plate are metal-ish badges. I can't pull them off.
I believe that they are glued on somehow. My question is, how can I remove these without damaging the paint on the car? I've only thought of using fishing line or a heat gun, but, I don't own a heat gun.
What can I do?
12 C63BS Magno Alanite Grey, 25 X5 Msport, 08 BMW E93, Ducati Hyper 698
Dental floss or light fishing line and just work it back and forth behind the emblem, it will cut through the foam adhesive without any damage to the paint, then you can just work off the remaining adhesive with your fingers, a little heat will help.
As you can see in the attached picture, the previous owner of this car was a Freemason.
To the left of the license plate are metal-ish badges. I can't pull them off.
I believe that they are glued on somehow. My question is, how can I remove these without damaging the paint on the car? I've only thought of using fishing line or a heat gun, but, I don't own a heat gun.
What can I do?
Thanks
- Nate
Badge-removal
A heat gun is fairly inexpensive, and saves a bunch of time cleaning up the adhesive. Sometimes you get lucky and with the right amount of heat, the two sided tape peels up with the badge. I own the older model of this one:
. I would definitely recommend getting one. They've come in handy more times than I can count. Anyways, like roadkillrob said, I would use light fishing line paired with a heat gun. I've found dental floss does not work. If you really want to remove the adhesive quickly and not deal with using goo-gone, get one of these:
A heat gun is fairly inexpensive, and saves a bunch of time cleaning up the adhesive. Sometimes you get lucky and with the right amount of heat, the two sided tape peels up with the badge. I own the older model of this one: Wagner Heat Gun . I would definitely recommend getting one. They've come in handy more times than I can count. Anyways, like roadkillrob said, I would use light fishing line paired with a heat gun. I've found dental floss does not work. If you really want to remove the adhesive quickly and not deal with using goo-gone, get one of these: 3M Eraser Wheel . Otherwise, I use Goo Gone remove the adhesive left behind by the tape (which is a major PITA btw): Goo-Gone Adhesive Remover . Hope this helps.
Thank you!!
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Removing these things without damage?
