hey neverenough just wanted an update for this did it every go away? as I am planing on debadging the SRT logo from the rear..

 

Just leave the tail facing towards the hot sun eventually the darker shading (where the letters were) will fade. (dark paint attracts the sun more and heats up more, which leads to fading quicker than the light paint) Just forget about it, it will eventually blend in. Let us know what happens!

 

It's still there, but it is getting better I think. It may just be that using for daily duty through the winter has masked it. It needs buffing again BADLY, I hate washing the car in the cold, so it's been seeing commercial carwashes for the last couple of months. I'll buff it out again with a Fine Cut pad and see what it looks like in a couple of weeks.

 

is it to the point where only you notice it since your looking for it or would the person behind you at a red light notice it?

 

It's never been that bad. I could see it from 15 feet away because I knew it was there. Others could see it too once I pointed it out. I'll have to look at it again when it's clean and the sun comes back out.

 

I remember someone once saying oven cleaner takes the decals off and whatnot. I remember thinking that it'd eat up the paint, isn't that what the oven cleaner does to the stuff on the porcelain finish of aan oven??

 

I won't be trying it.

 

I know the guy who lettered my boat name two boats ago, used oven cleaner to get the old name off. It did not harm the gelcoat at all. On the other hand, I don't think it should be sprayed on paint. It probably says that right on the can about spraying the stuff on a sample piece to see what happens before using it.

I would say in time it will fade and blend in with the rest of the paint. The question is how long will it take?

Have you talked with any body shop people to see what they might advise?

Bob M

 

goo-gone, and wd-40 definately work the best to take off the adhesive. as for your 'ghosting' problem. meguiar's makes a product that can deal with that... though for the life of me the name is escaping my memory... il look it up and edit the post... wait 5.


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it is called meguiar's scratch x... i believe this may help, though i don't know if it will truly resolve just a faded paint issue... if it doesnt work it will come in handy for any future scratches... who knows.

 

man, I wanted to de-badge my 05 alabaster coupe; But now I'm thinking otherwise Anyone with a alabaster de-badge and if so any cases of really bad ghosting?

 

use a heat gun to get rid of the ghost. trust me it works

 

I waxed the car on Sunday and it's almost gone. I guess the sun is doing the same thing the heat gun does, just much slower. THANK GOD! I guess it will be gone in the next month or 2.

 

I debadged my alabaster and no such problem with ghosting.

Justin

 

good then, "off with the badge"!

 

Look at the bright side , ghost badging is a lot cheaper than ghost flames. On the serious side if anyone knows how to speed up the UV fading on paint let me know because mine turned out the same way.

 

My Alabaster 04 sat on the dealers lot in Paducah Kentucky for over a year before I purchased it on April 1st. 05. So I'm sure it saw lots of bright sunny days that should have faded the paint.
But when I debadged it last July, I didn't notice any "Ghost" letters at all.