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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Bozz on January 24, 2017, 07:00:58 pm

Title: Removing letters
Post by: Bozz on January 24, 2017, 07:00:58 pm

Hi all, I'm thinking of taking the 2.0 TDI letters off the tailgate but I just wondered if it'll leave marks ? Thanks

Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: slix on January 24, 2017, 07:03:24 pm

No marks just residue.

Use fishing wire or credit card to remove then use wd40 or similar to get the rest of the sticky stuff off. Then follow up with a bit of Polish if needed.

Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: Andy on January 24, 2017, 07:46:49 pm

I used a credit card and tar and glue to get the residue.My old gttdi
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Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: Bozz on January 24, 2017, 07:49:38 pm

Thanks both :)

Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: dronners on January 24, 2017, 08:46:39 pm

if you heat the letters up with a hairdryer or what i did was pour hot water over them it softens the glue so more comes off with the badge and you'll have less work cleaning up whats left

Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: AJP on January 24, 2017, 08:58:44 pm

Dental floss. Cuts through the adhesive nicely.

Then the usual tar/residue remover.

On some cars a light cut then polish was needed as a final stage as the paint under the badge hadn't been subject to the same weathering and/or washing and polishing as the rest of the car, so you'd end up with a kind of 'stencil' of the badge.

Done.

Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: shoaybmakda on January 24, 2017, 10:21:57 pm

Thanks for this - been meaning to replace my rear badges with the new MK7 red badges I've got. These tips will come in handy!

Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: spesh on January 29, 2017, 11:24:02 am

WD40 works fine for removing the residue, bit cheaper than the tar remover too ;)

Title: Re: Removing letters
Post by: LNeoPT on January 30, 2017, 01:21:43 pm

I removed mine and i got them "marked" at the paint. Already tried to polish it but i can't remove the burn.