How to get the tough spots?

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Any recommendations on how to clean up the area's around car emblems. Like the toyota, honda, hyundai emblems? There are those tiny areas inside them that I have a hard time getting them polished and all shiny. Is using q-tips the best way to polish and wax them, or does anyone have a better way?
 
A detailing brush and some APC or just use the car soap when washing the car.
 
^+1 for just shaving the suckers!

We recently did a black Saab 9-3, and the emblems were wiggly and loose. We discussed it with the owner, and got the OK to remove them. She loved the look! BUT, I tend to like how the central located brand emblems, like the BMW, Audi, Acura, look undisturbed.

Again, another vote for APC and brushes. Toothbrushes, military detail brushes, Q-tips, etc. But most of all: Patience. Just be careful, most brushes will introduce scratches to the paint surrounding the emblem.

The PC with a very soft pad and M105 over the emblems works nice on shallow emblems.

We need a nice 1" pad for the PC ;)
 
jlb85 said:
We need a nice 1" pad for the PC ;)
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At that point you just need some little felt buffing cones and a cordless Dremel tool...

I've used those to polish metal on grills before, but I'd bet they'd do well on and around emblems too. :props:

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I have always used APC and a soft bristle toothbrush.

A tooth brush is such an under rated detailing tool. (makes interior cleaning alot easier too)
 
I use a power toothbrush that an ex gf forgot when we broke up. Works great
 
Be sure to clean it real good if she wants it back! LOL... On second thought, why bother...
 
How do you shave them off? Never done one before. Do you just heat up the glue and then us a plastic putty knife and just scrape it off?
 
MaximumMD said:
How do you shave them off? Never done one before. Do you just heat up the glue and then us a plastic putty knife and just scrape it off?
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Fishing line or dental floss works great. You may wanna use a heat gun/hairdryer to help loosen it up a bit, but its not mandatory

After the emblems are removed use a product such as 3M adhesive remover to remove the sticky crap left behind

What year car is this?
 
Flash Gordon said:
Fishing line or dental floss works great. You may wanna use a heat gun/hairdryer to help loosen it up a bit, but its not mandatory

After the emblems are removed use a product such as 3M adhesive remover to remove the sticky crap left behind

What year car is this?
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Yes right on! I also use High Solv for the adhesive and spot buff with 105/205. The one car I did was two days old and they came off sooo easy. Not so much for the older cars, but it can be done.
 
I've used tooth brushes for small things such as that. Like blackz said, they're underrated
 
Same here tooth brush and some mild polish with a micro fibre detailing cloth.
 
It's just the honda emblem on a black 07 civic SI
 
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