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painting vw badges

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TurboTrev:
Just did my front VW badge yesterday.  Rubbed it down for about 30 seconds with some fairly smooth wet and dry to take the gloss off the chrome, cleaned it with thinners, sprayed it with a coat of plastic primer (halfords) and left it about 60 mins, then a coat of satin black (halfords).  Did the same on my previous GTI and it lasted 4 years.

dan.payne:

--- Quote from: candy turbo on April 13, 2009, 10:03:25 pm ---whats the best method of painting chrome vw badges ?  i m thinking acid etch primer x2 coats black x2 coats clear laquer x2 any one know any better ??????????

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I used some halfords plastic primer and matt black for mine, no laquer as I wanted a matt finish to match the grille.

pareet:
is there a link/ guide on how to remove the front and rear badges so that you can paint them?

dan.payne:

--- Quote from: pareet on April 14, 2009, 02:44:33 pm ---is there a link/ guide on how to remove the front and rear badges so that you can paint them?

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Front one twists anti clockwise and pops out as for the rear see below:

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7601

candy turbo:
right , i rubbed mine lightly with fine wet n dry , applied 2 coats of u pol acid etch primer about an hour apart , rub lightly again with wet n dry ...... tomorrow have 2 coats of u pol gloss black followed by clear laquer till i get  fed up  ill show you the results when they are back on ......... :happy2:

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