Re: Removing badges

[trishab@interwebb.com (Trisha Blethen)]

Phil Payne wrote:
> 
> In message <v01530508af8109ef4b01@[194.134.3.14]> tnas@euronet.nl (Tom Nas) writes:
> 
> > >Hey, was wondering if anyone knows how to remove the Audi logo on the
> > >rear-end of the car located on the trunk.  I am wanting to re-paint mine
> > >black again.  Years of sun and wax build-up around the lettering don't
> > >look to pleasing to me.  I guess it's just from the good-old sun here in
> > >Florida.  Any suggestions would be great!
> >
> > It's in the archives, but: use a hair dryer or paint stripper on 'low'
> > setting: these things are stuck on with double-sided tape. Caveat: use
> > gloves for taking them off after heating- BTDTburnt my fingers.
> 
> I just wrapped a steel rule in a very soft cloth and gently lifted the badge
> with an old wood chisel using the rule as a fulcrum.  Just exert some force and
> wait - they come away very slowly.  Patience is a virtue.
However, that's a good way of chipping the paint, if you make a
mistake.  The hairdryer is the excepted method at lettering houses as
well.