I'm with Stupid (Me). Help me detail ...

So I am dropping off the truck tomorrow to have the windows tinted - 5% on back, 30% on front (stupid WA State) and while the truck was in the shop, I wanted to have the dude's debadge her and buff her out for me.

However, that's an extra $200 worth of detail work that I don't have right the money for right now - 'specially since I just bought me a new Kel-Tec yesterday.

So that leaves me and my anal-rententive project driven ass with no other option than to do it myself.

I understand the basics of debadging:
- Heat Gun (aka Wife's Hair Dryer)
- Fishing Line
- Goo Gone/ WD 40/ Dilluted Nail Polish/ Moonshine/ Whatever
- Wash and rinse

My issue is the fact that I am sure there will be ghost paint behind the badges (truck is an '04, it's now '10 I think) and even if there isn't any paint issues my imagination will make me see them.

So question - what's the best way to go about waxing / buffing truck? I'm gonna do the entire truck - not just parts where I debadged it. Taking that into consideration, what the f' do I do?

I'm sure this exact question exists somewhere else ...

 

clay bar 1st then polish with random orbital buffer/polisher use polishing or rubbing compound n then wax it...i had the same issue with takin pinstripe off!!! have fun seein how it usually is time consuming

 

Yeah - no shit right?

He told me $150 t debadge and my jaw hit the floor - especially when the last time they took off some decals, buffed and detailed the truck it cost me $75.

So f that noise.

 

Actually 35% transparency is WA state law so at 30% technically you would be illegal. It really depends on enforcement. I have had no issues with three vehicles I have owned in the last 5 years with 20% all the way around.

 

hey lilredstud, when you took the pinstripe off did you just peel it off? and then goo gone. and then what> like what was your process? i wanna do this to mine but its a black truck and really done want it to show up.