Emblem removal
Team Owner
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From: Crossville TN
Buy a roll of pre-waxed dental floss. Cut a 12-16" length and tie the ends around a couple of short wooden dowels. Then use the dental floss as a sort of 'saw' to cut through the tape/adhesive behind the emblem. The dental floss won't damage the paint, if you have cleaned all possible debris from the area and around the emblem beforehand. You may need to replace the floss a few times, until you get the hang of it.
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Atlanta, Georgia
Buy a roll of pre-waxed dental floss. Cut a 12-16" length and tie the ends around a couple of short wooden dowels. Then use the dental floss as a sort of 'saw' to cut through the tape/adhesive behind the emblem. The dental floss won't damage the paint, if you have cleaned all possible debris from the area and around the emblem beforehand. You may need to replace the floss a few times, until you get the hang of it.
Last edited by AFROMAN80; Dec 21, 2012 at 10:02 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Livonia MI
Pretty sure the emblems went to double faced tape in the mid 70's, and still are to this date. The fishing line works, but use an infrared heat lamp from a bathroom fixture myself. Either way, there's gonna be some residue on the car's paint surface, and need some paint thinner for this. You can buy some 3M doulble faced tape from the auto parts to put it back on.
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Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 31
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From: Atlanta, Georgia
Pretty sure the emblems went to double faced tape in the mid 70's, and still are to this date. The fishing line works, but use an infrared heat lamp from a bathroom fixture myself. Either way, there's gonna be some residue on the car's paint surface, and need some paint thinner for this. You can buy some 3M doulble faced tape from the auto parts to put it back on.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: South-central Missouri
Coming late to the party, but for future reference, the floss, heat gun, and 3M Adhesive Remover (won't hurt the paint) worked well for me.
Warmed up the area with the heat gun, then put some 3M on the emblem and working back and forth, alternating between the floss and 3M, the emblems came right off w/ NO damage to the paint, other than stripping the wax.
I bought the 3M stuff from Mid America, initially, but later found it on the shelf at my local auto parts store.
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Warmed up the area with the heat gun, then put some 3M on the emblem and working back and forth, alternating between the floss and 3M, the emblems came right off w/ NO damage to the paint, other than stripping the wax.
I bought the 3M stuff from Mid America, initially, but later found it on the shelf at my local auto parts store.
P.
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