Removing the Emblems

[Koojo]

When you remove the emblems, you get this glue stuff left on the car. How do you remove this (seems like its superglue) without hurting the paint underneeth it?

[b-b00gie]

Hmm... you didnt just pull them off did you??


You should use a heat gun, but me and my friend used a hairdryer on his focus hatchback. we heated up the emblems, pulled them off nice and easy. there was a little bit of residue (barely). we used a small amount of goo-gone and then some wax and it looked like it never came w/ emblems to begin with.


You may want to heat up the glue and then try some goo-gone or other dissolvent?

[G-Forces]

Heh. Those emblems on the P11 G20's are shitty. I was washing my car one very hot day (in the shade) but I noticed that the 'INFINITI' letters were coming loose. It was so hot and humid that the glue was already softend. I used some bug and tar remover to get rid of the residue left over, then some wax for protection.

[ViEt-G20]

u can use gasoline if u like... just put some gas on a towel and rub the goo off... it wont hurt the paint either... or u can go to like pepboys and buy the goo gone stuff

[b-b00gie]

Originally posted by ViEt-G20
u can use gasoline if u like... just put some gas on a towel and rub the goo off... it wont hurt the paint either... or u can go to like pepboys and buy the goo gone stuff

Yikes!! are you kidding?!?! I mean its one thing if a little gas spills on the side of your car while filling the tank, but rubbing it into your paint?!?! ...not my mother's son!

[G20tMW]

3M makes an adhesive remover that works well for things like this and tape residues etc. Found in most any auto parts store with painting supplies.

[Koojo]

Why I asked is because my dad has a 91 oldsmobile, and most of his emblems have fallen off themselves, and there is this glue stuff left where the emblems used to be, and it looks bad. So he was asking me if I knew anyone that would know how to get that stuff off...and I knew that you guys would know.

[b-b00gie]

oh I see said the blind man to the deaf dog...


I'd just go w/ a commercial dissolvant like the ones mentioned. Preheating the glue may help as its probably old and sun beaten..