How to shave logos and emblems...

Recently acquired a 1997 C1500 5.0L V8 ext. cab short bed.

I was wondering if anyone knew anything about shaving the logos and emblems on Chevy pickups. Is it something easy I can do on my own? What supplies will I need? Are there different/better ways to do it? If not, how and where should I do it? Any help anyone could offer is greatly appreciated, thanks.

Here is a link to a "sticky" over on the Silverado forum. It explains the tricks to getting the badging off. If you have any more questions I would love to try to answer them. Check out the work I did to my 88 in "body Work"

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=247050

Here is a link to a "sticky" over on the Silverado forum. It explains the tricks to getting the badging off. If you have any more questions I would love to try to answer them. Check out the work I did to my 88 in "body Work"

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=247050


Thanks for your help...I read the article and all the responses, but it is still unclear what I should do. Some people swear by an adhesive remover while the next person says it's the worst thing. One guy said a hair dryer softens up emblems well, while the next guy says that it takes 3 hrs. to do it with a blow dryer and to use a heat gun instead....I guess I will try something.

One other thing, how can you remove the dealer tag? It almost looks like part of the paint, but I know it's not. Looks like it's made out of something like what the pinstriping's made out of. Anyway, any help on that would be great...thanks in advance!

dont use a heat gun, it will take ur trucks paint off along with it.

truthfully when i took the stripping off the side I pryed some of it with a screw driver and then just pulled on it. I didn't use anykind of heat gun or hair dryer.

truthfully when i took the stripping off the side I pryed some of it with a screw driver and then just pulled on it. I didn't use anykind of heat gun or hair dryer.

I guess I will try a blow-dryer tomorrow...if my truck's paint can stand up to Texas heat then it can stand up to a blow-dryer :) And I guess I will use goo-gone since that's what I saw recommended most.

Thanks for your help

blow dryers and/or a heat gun will only harm your paint if you decide to hold it insanely close to the paint and hold it in one spot too long. However, if you use a heat gun and/or blow dryer with enough common sense to hold it back from the paint and keep the heat moving around so that the paint/metal does not heat up too fast, your cars finish will be just fine.

HOWEVER...... I do not recommend the use of such items to remove stripes, badges, emblems, etc. Here is what I recommend to the average person using normal household supplies.

1) For emblems and/or moldings, the first thing to do is simply rip it off the vehicle. That's right, pull it off but gently. There will be "stickyness" still left to remove. Ways to remove the remaining stickyness residue are listed below. Also note that you should only utilize this pulling off method if you do not vare what happens to them as they may become damaged.

2) For emblems and moldings you wish to save and reuse, you may want to try a piece of fishing line pulled tight in between the emblem/molding and the paint. Gently pull it through behind the the item you are removing while "sawing" back and forth or up and down.

3) That sticky left over residue is best removed with what is called "Emblem Adhesive Remover" (who would have ever thunk...) The next best thing is a wax & tar remover. However, if you wish to go out the cheap way, you may also want to try either finger nail polish remover OR WD-40. However, if you wish to use either one of these products, it is strongly advised to only do little sections at a time. Trying to cover a large area may harm your vehicles finish. Also, I highly recomend that with the use of finger nail polish remover or WD-40 that the vehicle be thoughly HAND WASHED and dryed immediatly. Then wax the vehicle (polishing before waxing is even better) I personally have used WD-40 to remove adhesive residue many of times, and have not had any damage to the finish occur as long as I thoroughly HAND WASH (and dry) immediatly and then polish it.

4) Now pinstripes....I recommend peeling it off peice by piece and then wipe over any remaing traces of residue with a wax & tar remover. Then immediatly hand wash and dry. From experience, no matter what you do, or how hard you work at it, there will always be a line left in the finsh where the pinstripe (or decal) was removed. Sometimes the line is real visible but often nit too bad. Depends on the climate, how much exposure your vehicle gets to the sun, rain, sleet, snow, etc.

I did all the logo/emblem shaving yesterday at work (I work at an automotive/state inspection station here in Texas and we weren't that busy). I used the fishing line to get started on the peeling of the black rubber at the bottom but I noticed it all peeled off easily even without it. It took about 2-3 hours to remove all the adhesive from that (since I have an ext. cab and I was going kind of slow). I used Goo-Gone to get the adhesive off and it worked real well. The whole truck looks so much better without the logos and stuff.

However, the pinstriping is still there and it looks like it's gonna be hard to take off. Anybody have any luck with a method that won't take all day? Please tell me there is a better way than using my poor, blistered thumbs and fingernails. Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

I use dental floss! Just gently saw starting at one corner. No damage to emblem or paint!