How do you remove the glue off badges?

I'm trying to paint my badges and I'm having a helluva time trying to get the adhesive off the back of them. Any tips, ideas, anything?

Thanks

 

Soak? for how long?

 

Does your girl have any nail polish remover? That works real good.

 

My mom does. hahahahaha!!!

 

laq thinner

 

I tried laquer thinner and it didnt do anything to my suprise.

 

get a 3M eraser wheel. it takes a drill to spin it and be careful not to burn the paint, but it works great. i used it on my dodge with great success

brett

 

you cant use fingernail polish remover to get the glue from the badges off the actaul truck can you? Sorry if thats a stupid question

 

Nope, I wouldn't put it anywhere near your paint either. It will do one hell of a job on the clear coat and eventually, the paint. Use 6 pound fishing line and a pair of leather gloves so you don't cut your self to take the emblems off. You just use a slight cutting motion while you pull through the glue that holds the emblems to the body.

 

Yeah, that's what ive heard so far, however I planned on using my hair dryer too I was just wondering about getting the glue off the truck, I guess Ill try goo gone and some elbow grease.. Thank you!!

 

Use goo gone, works great. Afterwords a little cleaner wax and your good to go.

 

Fingernail polish remover has acetone in it.
I would not put that on paint / clear coat unless you want to remove it!

Try the Goo Gone. You could also try WD40.

 

I finally got the glue off with a razor blade and elbow grease.

 

Don't use fingernail polish remover. WD-40 works great...just did mine last week.

 

if you cant get your hands on a 3M eraser wheel, i used gas yesterday and goo gone. dont know what damage i did to the finish but it worked. i did wax it when i was done

--my truck isnt a show truck!

brett

 

After I used the fishing wire, I just kind of rolled the excess adhesive off with my thumb. It tends to ball up and come off fairly well that way. It worked real well of the emblems themselves. Any leftover on the truck I just used goo gone...

 

I used goo gone on the truck and a paint scraper on the badges and it seemed to work pretty well.

 

I have done two sets of badges with good success. I got a real shallow cookie sheet poured rubbing alcohol on the cookie sheet put the badges in the alcohol face up, you want just enough alcohol that the adhesive is soaking in it not the badge. Let it sit an hour and then it turns to goo and peels right off under hot water with your fingers....I also put some weight on top so the badges stayed submersed in the alcohol. Works well and cleans up nice.

 

Good call - alcohol is pretty gentle on paint / plastics etc.

One thing I would add to this is to get some denatured alcohol. Rubbing alcohol is half water, so not as potent.

 

x2! thats what i did