Black Badges. Plasti dip and goo gone a modders best friend?

So i got the itching of blacking out my emblems once i got my 2 week old truck lifted. I thought the easiest thing to do would be tape off the emblems and just plasti dip them one night without much trouble. Boy was i wrong! it worked yes, but the painting was less than par and it was already beginning to peel.. (my lack of skill in this area truly showed.) I didnt like the look of having all my o's and a's filled in either. I ended up skipping my 8am college class to pull the black off knowing i couldnt stand the look.. Thank You OCD. I finally realized i would have to pull them off, paint them and then rebadge them. (should have did this the first time) I decided to skip the whole heating process because i knew it would take me nearly all day. that was my first mistake in this day long process.. I broke more fishing string on my emblems than i broke all year long fishing! Finally i got it pulled and here was thee first look. Here is where the goo gone came in handy. After each emblem of multiple attempts with fishing line i was left with pretty much all the adhesive on the truck. The adhesive stood no chance against the beautiful product and i managed to get this out of it
to be continued...

 

Chattanooga Tennessee!!!! Ya boyyyy!

 

After all were pulled i took them in and cleaned them up getting them ready to be painted
after 3 or 4 coats of painting i took them back out with some 3m super weatherstrip adhesive and hoped for the best. I felt like a 4 year old glueing stuff again except there was a little more at stake then a snowman made of cotton balls on a sheet of paper. After finally getting them all put back on, pulling my tape that i used for location and cleaning the area back up with a little more goo gone here is what i got....

 

yes sir chattanooga. I see your from here to! First member ive met from here

 

Badges look great... That's a damn nice truck for someone in college to be driving around! Congrats to you! Where you in college at?

 

good ol ut chattanooga. I signed my life away 3 weeks ago this upcoming sunday. Not two weeks after having it i had the lift, tires and wheels put on and havent looked back since

 

Great school... My wife graduated from there like 3 years ago and my sister in law just graduated last December. I've been contemplating getting my masters from there. Nonetheless though, you got one sick ride...

Come check out the Tennessee BS thread... Lot of good guys from around here shoot the bull in that thread...

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/south-east/112982-official-tennessee-thread.html

Come check it out... And congrats on your ride!

 

Before you re-install them, i would recommend getting some 3M rubbing compound on a rag and buffing the places were the emblems were by hand. then wax and de-wax them. That will make the swirls from cleaning around the emblems disappear and make the paint hold up a lot longer.

 

will do thanks. And thanks for the advice on reapplying the badges

 

No problem. Good luck with the install! Will be privileged with pictures?

 

i put them up right behind the first post. One or two semi close ups and a farther away shot. Just scroll on up

 

Now i feel stupid HAHA! Guess it was true when they kept telling me i wasn't paying attention in math class! Looks good, sorry for my lack of intelligence there for a moment...

 

haha no worries man. Took a heck of a lot longer than i ever thought it would

 

Did you give them a good clearcoat?

They look good!

 

I did mine and they turned out mint, it was super easy as well, did them while they were still on. The key is like 5-6 lightly sprayed coats, I gave it like 10-15 mins and pulled the tape off around the edges while using a blade to cut the plasti dip holding it on. Then I used a toothpick to get the inside parts, was really gentle with it and it was super easy thanks to TW DIY

 

pb blaster eats plasti dip like MR T eats children

 

I have a 2014 Tacoma and plan on doing the same thing...just a little apprehensive.....any advice? What paint did you use?

 

I dipped mine and the turned out great that way you don't have to remove them. Just tape around the emblems. Spray 4 to 6 light coats of black and 1 to 2 coats of gloss if you want a gloss finish. Allow proper dry time between coats. Then peel off and for the tight spots like between the O and the A use a tooth pick works like a charm. I did mine with a blue metallic flake.

 

Just found this video, plan on doing it when I get back home next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Gfd46AxLw