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Posted by DC
- August 22, 2016, 10:08:28 AMI used mineral oil and car wax to remove the gummy residue after removing a badge from a car I was selling.
Posted by Old Drifter
- August 20, 2016, 20:33:06 PMQuote from: chief on August 20, 2016, 15:37:56 PMThanks Chief, and everyone else for the responses.http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/badgeremoval.html
A reminder, check the LINKS sections... there are a lot of collected mods/tips there... like this one.
Posted by chief
- August 20, 2016, 15:37:56 PMPosted by drifter-paul
- August 19, 2016, 21:17:41 PMI used Oomph (also called Gum off) a spray liquid from the hardware store for removing crayon, wax, labels, tar & grease. Used a fine fish line and hair dryer just taking my time. Then used the Oomph to clean up and washed with warm soapy water.
I used Blue Tac to hold the emblems after using the hair dryer to soften to shape of position on tank. Once happy with the emblem and position , I use a smear of clear silastic 1/4 inch in from edges to fix long-term.
Posted by Trall
- August 19, 2016, 21:14:31 PMWhat a pain in the neck the two times I've done it on two Drifter's. I used a heat gun and was not worried damaging the stock decals, used fish line after warmed up, and still had plenty of emblem residue to remove with 3m adhesive remover / bumper sticker remover and heat gun. Used several old wash cloths and rubbed the 3m to remove residue with heat. Kept turning and changing wash clothes as they got gummed up. Took 1/2 hour for both sides and a lot of elbow grease.
Posted by Mak
- August 19, 2016, 19:12:15 PMagree and use plenty of wd40 while see-sawing it
but it looks a bit empty without them - and putting them back into exact position is a pain, a real pain. Also - if you ever put them back on note that there is a slight difference in the curvature so there is a left and right side.
last comment: I think they look good in black ... 
Posted by Pilgrim
- August 19, 2016, 18:46:44 PMuse fishing line and place it between the badge and tank and saw back and forth while pulling down..like your sawing the glue..may work better if you heat the badge with hair dryer first.
Then remove the adhesive residue with wd-40. clean and wax.
That's how I would do it.
Posted by Old Drifter
- August 19, 2016, 17:55:09 PMI'm thinking about removing the gas tank badges from my '99. Is it possible to remove them without damaging the paint? If so how? Thanks