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How to remove a stick on emblem?

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I have a stick on R/T emblem on my tail panel with no Charger emblem. How do I remove it without marking the tail panel?
 
Is this on the paint? Factory put on? Photo?
 
It's on the tail panel. Put on at restoration 5 years ago, not factory.

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I use some thin fishing line...then just saw back and forth. You will probably break many pieces along the way, but it's the best way I have found to remove emblems and such that have been put on with 2 sided tape.
 
Dental floss?? I'd try on someplace you won't worry about if it scratches and can't buff out. Read a prisoner cut bar on jail cell over a looong time.
 
I was going to suggest using citrus product Goo Gone as a start to saturate the adhesive for a few hours masking off carefully around the emblem and using a soft plastic straight edge to remove stubborn residue if wiping didn't fully work; sawing I didn't think of...
 
A couple interesting ideas. I'll give it a try. Would heating it help soften the glue?
 
Dental floss?? I'd try on someplace you won't worry about if it scratches and can't buff out. Read a prisoner cut bar on jail cell over a looong time.
Holy chit - sawing thru a steel bar with dental floss! Did the guy have a 25 year sentence and cut thru the bar in 24 years and 6 months? lol
 
Be super cautious maybe a hair dryer, not a heat gun...
 
It's on the tail panel. Put on at restoration 5 years ago, not factory.

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I think you might be able to spray on some kind of adhesive release product. Maybe slightly prying the emblem with one of those no mar plastic trim tools, but I don't know how it might affect your paint. But, like Ron H says a hair dryer could work
 
I saw on one of the resto shows they were using a heat gun to soften up the glue first and then getting in behind it and levering it off. I don’t think i’d put it on high heat or too close but it worked on the show.
 
Wow - using a heat gun for removing paint off wood, even on low get's friggin hot-hot! I'd not be courageous enough to use it on my car unless going to have it repainted...I'd think a hair dryer would produce enough heat on the adhesive.
 
Yea i think you’re right. Stripping the car afterward was probably always the go. They wouldn’t have been concerned about the paint, only getting the emblems off in one piece
 
But I don't have a hair dryer because I don't have hair. :rofl:Thanks for all the responses. I'll let you know how it goes. Hopefully I won't have to come back with a question about what paint to use on the tail panel.
 
But I don't have a hair dryer because I don't have hair. :rofl:Thanks for all the responses. I'll let you know how it goes. Hopefully I won't have to come back with a question about what paint to use on the tail panel.
Lol - when I've used my wife's dryer...I never tell her! I just sneak it out to da garage and back when I'm done.
 
You can buy a box of plastic single edge razor blades. They fit in the vehicle inspection sticker removers.
Then wet the emblems down with WD-40. It disolves adhesive!
 
Well the dental floss did the trick to get the emblem off. Then I tenderly peeled the sticky off with my thumb nail and followed up with some Goof Off. There's exhaust residue on the tail panel so tomorrow I'll take some polish to it and it should all be good.

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Well the dental floss did the trick to get the emblem off. Then I tenderly peeled the sticky off with my thumb nail and followed up with some Goof Off. There's exhaust residue on the tail panel so tomorrow I'll take some polish to it and it should all be good.

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There is a rotary tool, called an "eraser" that works the best to remove the adhesive residue. Contact any automotive paint store.
One may not want to spend the money for the tool for one emblem, though.
 
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