debadged 4kq

[Brett Dikeman]

At 3:36 PM -0500 1/15/02, Colin Weir wrote:
>What is the best way to remove the adhesive left behind after I
>debadged my 4kq? I tried water, and soap and water, and neither
>seemed very effective. I would experiment, but I dont want to damage
>the paint on the car. TIA.

3M makes an automotive adhesive/tar/bug remover.  Griots Garage, Car
Care Online, and Proper Auto Care all carry it, I believe; make sure
it specifically states it is paintwork safe, 3M makes a LOT of
"remover" agents :-)

   Some paint cleansing stuff would do the trick too, but would
involve a lot of elbow grease and could leave you with a "shiny
badge" :-)  Don't waste money on clay bars, they're hopelessly
difficult to use and you'll end up mostly scratching the hell out of
the paint.

   I couldn't believe it when I saw Zym-whatever selling a clay bar
kit for almost $100!  I think the extra dollars go to the special
keyboards for their marketing staff to type all those funny umlats; I
think they snort their own products to come up with those fancy
spellings of product names.  I especially enjoy the SUV-specific,
Volvo-specific, NSX-specific, etc waxes; let's not even start on the
$150 "hand poured" wax.  What a bunch of whoey.  Oh, and the
"schpritzer" bottle.  What moron buys a little teeny spray bottle for
$10 when you can get really nice ones at home depot for $2-ish?  Same
with Griot's "ultimate sprayer"...

Brett
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