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i decided to debag the rear of my focus....

i heard its pretty hard to get rid of the glue stuff that hold the letters....
any "cleaner" stuff that would work good and not leave those shades after?

Goo Gone maybe?

let me know
thanks

i know somoene who used lighter fluid to get it off

They say goo gone ive heard that quite often so that must work , just be prepared for elbow grease

just use wax compound to clean off the "gunk"

well i just tried "Wax as you Dry" not sure if that will do anything but tried it anyway.....still some of that "glue" stuff on .....needs something that completly takes it off

Goo Gone works the best... and it has a nice, fresh, lemony scent :)

On my grand prix it was a heat gun and a piece of fishing wire

^^^yea, but its the rest of the stuff that stays on the trunk,,,

Use fishing wire to get the letters off, then just peel the big chunks of glue off with your fingers and any of the residue that is left over use the goo gone on. Thats exactly what i did when i debadged the back end of my focus.

NikiterZTS,Feb 26 2007, 11:18 PM Wrote:^^^yea, but its the rest of the stuff that stays on the trunk,,,
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I used gasoline on a rag, then cleaned it right away with water and soap.

I use WD40 to remove sticker goo, works great.

Flofocus,Feb 26 2007, 10:34 PM Wrote:

NikiterZTS,Feb 26 2007, 11:18 PM Wrote:^^^yea, but its the rest of the stuff that stays on the trunk,,,
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I used gasoline on a rag, then cleaned it right away with water and soap.
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definatly the tried and true method... race gas... rag (don't scrub hard!) and water then clay bar it and wax... like it was never there... accept that the paint under the emblem hasn't under gone uv degradation and it looks darker... at least on a black car... LOL I had the ricest vynle EVER on my ride.. you'd never no,,, lol lemme find a pick

Goo Gone works wonders for that.

Use dental floss to remoce the badges.

Then goo-gone on a rag.

Presto!


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I used a hair dryer to take mine off...it got the letters and adheisive plyable enough to peel off almost entirely.

Then, I used a small amount of Acetone on a rag, and wiped off an area a few inches LARGER away from where the letters were, along with where they were.

3rdly, applied liberal amounts of paste wax (turtlewax platinum) to the entire hatch, and blended in the areas...after about 3 coats, you would never know there had been a badge at all on it.

That's how I did it.

L8tz

I did mine on a hot day (wait if you can) ............. came off real easy !! Used a little fishing line ........ then WD40 to get the excees off. In all took 5min !!

well i got some Goo Gone at work today...lets see how it does

GOO GONE Should work just fine. The wax I was talking about is not the quick detail stuff, its the paste stuff that comes in that can and you dab some of it on a soft cloth and rub it in a circular motion and it will clean off the goop.

Flofocus,Feb 26 2007, 10:34 PM Wrote:

NikiterZTS,Feb 26 2007, 11:18 PM Wrote:^^^yea, but its the rest of the stuff that stays on the trunk,,,
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This is what we do at work.

It works.

I went the Debadged look once, but it looked lame on yellow. but I used a hair dryer and it just peeled right off, and then used a little nail polish remover to get the rest of the crap off.

then I did this with a few Euro Badges, including the European Focus Badge on the other side.. for those that don't know about it.



Nick I still have a few " " badges left if you want one to replace the "ZTS" and "Focus" ones, since it seems like a few guys here in North America with the ZTS' like the Flight Badge alone on their car.