Post De-Badge Outline

[Tom]

Hi all,

De-badged my car a few weeks ago and thought it was perfect...

My friend was driving behind me last night and told me you can see the outline of "CLIO" under headlights.

How do I remove this?

I used tar-remover for the general sticky bits... Perhaps I need something more abrasive? (t-cut?)

HELP!

Cheers,
Tom.

 

[-Ally-]

Autosmart Tardis is good for that sorta thing. Much stronger than Autoglym or any the other halfords like tar&glue removers.

 

[ryan197]

i would say some sort of colour restorer

 

[Nick.]

When i did mine and a friends i used a drop of mer in a bowl of warm water and washed the area lightly. Then very lightly polished the area with mer to remove it. Then washed it after again with the mer water and dried. Seemed to work ok for me.

 

[Tom]

Cheers guys.

Nick, what type of Mer product was it?

 

[Surrey-Paul]

I used T-cut with very light rubbing in circular motion over a larger area than just where 'Clio' badge was and this did the trick perfectly, if metallic with topcoat then something like megguires paint restorer (lighter version of T-cut)

 

[adam1942]

just polish it with a decent polish and it'll go away

 

[MarkCup]

I had this on my Ignis when I debadged it, and could never fully get rid of it.

It was due to the adhesives from the badge having reacted with the lacquer/paint...I tried polishing it out, T-Cut then various finer grades but it was always slightly visible.

 

[Tom]

That's dissapointing. Hope mine hasn't done that, Mark... :|

I'll give the above methods a go and let you all know the outcome!

 

[RalphyBMW]

How old is your car? The paint fades around the badge, but obviously not behind it. If this is the case there isn't really anything you can do about it.

 

[Tom]

07... :|

 

[Nick.]

Nick, what type of Mer product was it?

Umm, I think it was called ultimate polish, i think its just like the standard bottle you can buy.

 

[RalphyBMW]

Four summers of fading, you could be stuck with it.

 

[Nick.]

Probably worth giving it a polish to see if it does come out?

 

[Tom]

Right'o... Saw that Mer Polish in Halfords. Post-work trip and I'll give it a bash at the weekend!

If it doesn't - it doesn't... Not much I can do now.

Thanks for all the help guys.

(this forum needs a karma system...)

 

[mitch78]

(this forum needs a karma system...)

...or just a "Thanks" button.

 

[Surrey-Paul]

Four summers of fading, you could be stuck with it.

that's a job for quality polish and a machine buffer, seen some terrible bleaching on car paints and after a pro gets to work they look like they just rolled out the factory

 

[Willis]

What colour is you car Cup?

I used Sonus SFX2 and SFX3 with a quick wipe over of PB Blackhole and that did the trick on mine.

 

[Tom]

Cheers Willis.

My car is Albi Blue.

 

[Tom]

T-cut - nothing.
Car polish - nothing.

It's certainly darker blue and not glue residue... Looks like only time will cure this one.

Thanks for the help all.