Fishing line won't scratch the car?
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fishing line or dental floss is used the most. I personally use dental floss because otherwise I would have to go out of my way to buy fishing line.
A heat gun helps, but you have to be careful. To avoid giving out potentially dangerous advice, its easier to just recommend that the owner of the vehicle parks it in the sun for the entire morning , than debadge's it. If left to sit in the sun, the badge's pull right off with the method shown in the video.
also, 3m general adhesive remover should be used to remove ALL of the adhesive residue BEFORE going near the paint with a cleaner wax or polish. DONT clay, and dont try rubbing off the residue with a polish. The polish should be used to remove the staining that looks like builup that will be left around where the edges of the residue resided. And to remove the film that makes it look like the paint is stained under the badge's (in most cases, it is not, it just appears that way).
I have debaged many vehicles and have never had an issue. The biggest problem that I see people run into is when there not careful and dont use the correct products in removing the adhesive leftovers. without a product like 3m general adhesive remover, you will have to pick at it to remove it, and that will and can scratch the car. Also, many people use the polish with adhesive still slightly on the paint, which will scratch as you rub aggressively.
even easier is to get a box of plastic razor blade's. heat, chemical, than swipe the residue off. than polish and finally wax the area.
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