Taking off Emblems (Debadging) Options

[AustenJoe12]

Hey guys, I'm back again but this time its about removing the rear emblems (or debadging, whatever the kids are calling it nowadays). I took the badges off already and got most, if not all, of the adhesive off. The thing is that there is still the outline of the badges of my car. Being that my car is 20 years old I expected it to have some dirt and outlines but I haven't found any ways of getting the outline to go away. Is there anyone who debadged their car that can help me find a solution. I took my emblems off to replace/respray them but I wanted to remove the outlines as I won't be putting all the original badges back on. If anyone can offer some advice or recommend things I can do to make the outlines go away then I'd be really appreciative.

[Box]

Probably where the paint underneath is darker since it wasn't exposed to the sun. Might could try polishing and buffing the area.

[AustenJoe12]

Thanks Box for the reply, I've been doing more research and I realized that I probably will have to buff it out, I found some products that may help with getting that outline off.

[Noahwhite2014]

Thanks Box for the reply, I've been doing more research and I realized that I probably will have to buff it out, I found some products that may help with getting that outline off.

First off don't just wash and buff it. You'll end up scratching **** up lol.

First wash it really well with a bug scrubber sponge ( its a sponge covered with a mesh type of material). Then clay bar it. If you don't already have a clay bar kit borrow from a friend, unless you want to invest in it now. It will last for a while which is why its expensive. Then grab some Meguiar's ultimate compound and ultimate polish and two applicator pads one terry cotton and one high pile microfiber (Or a low pile and high pile microfiber pad) Then compound with the terry/low pile and polish with the high pile microfiber pad. If you're not sweating when buffing by hand, you're not doing it good enough. For buffing moderate pressure in slow small overlapping ovals. For polishing its going to be light pressure but very quickly across the surface going the opposite the direction of the ovals now.

Some people will say that this way is wrong or theres a better way, but this is the way i learned and i like the results this way as there is no swirl marks afterward while i have seen swirl marks on cars done by "professional detailers"

I know it seems like overkill but i wrote everything out incase you never buffed and polished before, but you can do this to the rest of the car as well and it will look really, really good (don't do it by hand though lol use a buffer and polisher otherwise you will be drenched in sweat and it will take a couple hours at least)

[Box]

That's all part of buffing and polishing. When I removed mine I ended up going through a five step process in that one area. It was a lot easier than when I had done the whole car.

[Noahwhite2014]

That's all part of buffing and polishing. When I removed mine I ended up going through a five step process in that one area. It was a lot easier than when I had done the whole car.

Lol yeah some people (my friend) who de-badged his car thought when i told him to buff it, that i meant to just pull it off and wipe any dirt off. Then to use a pad and compound to rub everything out. And it ended up with really bad scratches all over since he couldn't see the scratches till after he wiped the compound off lol.

[AustenJoe12]

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll have to try it and see what works best for me.

[presure2]

Thanks Box for the reply, I've been doing more research and I realized that I probably will have to buff it out, I found some products that may help with getting that outline off.

First off don't just wash and buff it. You'll end up scratching **** up lol.

First wash it really well with a bug scrubber sponge ( its a sponge covered with a mesh type of material). Then clay bar it. If you don't already have a clay bar kit borrow from a friend, unless you want to invest in it now. It will last for a while which is why its expensive. Then grab some Meguiar's ultimate compound and ultimate polish and two applicator pads one terry cotton and one high pile microfiber (Or a low pile and high pile microfiber pad) Then compound with the terry/low pile and polish with the high pile microfiber pad. If you're not sweating when buffing by hand, you're not doing it good enough. For buffing moderate pressure in slow small overlapping ovals. For polishing its going to be light pressure but very quickly across the surface going the opposite the direction of the ovals now.

Some people will say that this way is wrong or theres a better way, but this is the way i learned and i like the results this way as there is no swirl marks afterward while i have seen swirl marks on cars done by "professional detailers"

I know it seems like overkill but i wrote everything out incase you never buffed and polished before, but you can do this to the rest of the car as well and it will look really, really good (don't do it by hand though lol use a buffer and polisher otherwise you will be drenched in sweat and it will take a couple hours at least)

this is all very good advice.
everyone has theyre own little steps and processes to doing things, its what makes us individuals, but the ideas are sound.