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  • Vehicle Badge Removal

    Posted by Chris Sharps on September 12, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    Hi all

    I thought I would share this in case anyone has not heard of it before.

    I have just finished fitting some van graphics and the customer wanted
    the rear badge removed for text to fit in that area. They were stuck on Berlingo ones.

    I can’t remember where I heard it but I used fishing line behind the badge with a sawing motion to remove it. It came off easily with no damage to the badge or vehicle. It did leave some badge tape but this just rubbed off with my thumb. The little amount of adhesive residue that was left then easily cleaned off.

    Hope this might be of use to someone

    Cheers

    Chris

    Mark Andrews replied 10 years, 6 months ago 12 Members · 18 Replies
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  • Cheryl Smith

    Member
    September 12, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    sounds more useful than chizzling away with a squeegee…ive got some fishing line here so ill put some in my tool box…thank you Chris

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    September 12, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    Braided fishing line works better then monofilament (nylon), though you’d need to know someone who could spare a couple of mtrs as the good stuff is very expensive! you’ll also need a couple of lumps of wood to wrap it round and use like a cheese wire – it will slice fingers if you don’t!

  • Chris Windebank

    Member
    September 12, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    I used to wind it around a nut and bolt to use as handles

  • Chris Wool

    Member
    September 12, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    We use dental floss cheap and in a convenient little box

  • Martin Pearson

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 12:18 am

    monofilament works fine for me although I have never tried braid, I just wrap it round my hands because I’m not very clever 😳 😳

  • John Harding

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 6:25 am

    ive got a couple of big wooden toggles like you used to get on duffle coats – centre grove to wind the fishing line round and sits comfortably in the hands 🙂

  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 7:53 am

    I have a nifty pair of gloves connected by a cord that I thread through my jacket sleeves thus ensuring I don’t lose them. 😕

    Whenever I need to remove a badge from a vehicle, I un-thread my gloves from my jacket and use the cord to produce a sawing action behind the badge, (with the added benefit that the gloves prevent my fingers from being cut unlike that experienced by my friend Martin) 🙁

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 11:00 am
    quote Phill Fenton:

    I have a nifty pair of gloves connected by a cord that I thread through my jacket sleeves thus ensuring I don’t lose them. 😕

    Whenever I need to remove a badge from a vehicle, I un-thread my gloves from my jacket and use the cord to produce a sawing action behind the badge, (with the added benefit that the gloves prevent my fingers from being cut unlike that experienced by my friend Martin) 🙁

    :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

  • Cheryl Smith

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 11:56 am

    I just love Phils sense of humour…. 🙄 😉

  • Chris Sharps

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    Phil

    Are they braided, monofiliment or just plain old knitted gloves (?)

  • Cheryl Smith

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    I like the way its colour coded so you can tell the outside fingers from the inside ones…

  • Martin Pearson

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 6:23 pm

    No good for me though Cheryl as they are not marked left & right 😮

  • Tracey Vaughan

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    loving the gloves, 😀

  • Mike Grant

    Member
    September 13, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    I usually tie two boy scouts to the end of my fishing line. Just wrap it around their waists a few times and Roberts your fathers brother. Mind you they do make a bit of a noise when you use them, I have tried some socks in the orifice and it does muffle the sound quite a bit.

  • Harry Cleary

    Member
    September 14, 2013 at 10:49 am

    😀 😀 I used to have a pair of them. 😳

  • Cheryl Smith

    Member
    September 14, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    oh lol…. 😀

  • Chris Windebank

    Member
    September 14, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    hope you meant the gloves and not the boy scouts!

  • Mark Andrews

    Member
    October 18, 2013 at 10:38 am

    Hello, you could use a guitar string if you wanted a braided type.

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