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This is what is left of it:



I have attacked it with a bit of SRP which has removed a lot of residue but there is some left which I'd like to get off without crazy amounts of elbow grease.

What else should I try, I don't want to cause more issues for myself to correct by attacking it with something sily like a scouring pad!

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South Coast Meeting, 23rd June, The Churchillian, Portsdown Hill. Be there or be a BMW driver!

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Good morning.....lovely day to do some more polishing.

Firstly, how old is your SRP? Until recently, SRP had no abrasives in it al all. The new formula has only tiny amounts of a very mild abrasive.

To remove all signs of that residue, you are going to need something a bit stronger....most likely a polish like Scholl S30+ or s40 and applied with a foam applicator. This will remove that in seconds.Don't worry, you wont do any damage to the paint.

It would be silly to buy 250ml of it for such a small area, so if you PM me with your address, I will put some, and a few small pads pieces into the post for you on Tuesday.

Is many of it adhesive? I use AutoGlym intensive tar and adhesive remover. Pots of it in Halfords.

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other than taking up willingtons offer,you could pop to screw fix/tool station,and get a can of sticky stuff remover,then use your srp to bring back the shine.

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Although the remnants may be adhesive, I believe that the outline is paintwork. Badges are rarely removed when polishing a car and you wil get a build up of oxidized paint, grime and polish/wax residue.

In the ideal world, you should wash down first and then clay bar (with lube), wash down again and then polish followed by a wipe over with Isopropyl alcohol to ensure that the outline has been removed.

Lets talk practical now... Unless you have all these products, which would cost about £40 and rarely if ever use again...the practical approach should be considered...... a wipe over with a wet cloth to remove any surface grime and then a quick polish with an Abrasive rated P2500 polish like S30+. S30+ breaks down as you work it to P5000 to reveal a highly polished clean surface.

Willington you really are a gent, before you go to any trouble, I do have a Autobalm clay bar, I'd not thought about trying this on it, would that be worth a try?

It's old SRP So i'd guess non abrasive hence why its not cleared it already.

I do have some Autoglym Tar remover, I *think* i've tried thios on it and it hasn't worked - pointing more to the fact that it is probably oxidised paintwork.

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South Coast Meeting, 23rd June, The Churchillian, Portsdown Hill. Be there or be a BMW driver!

I have also used Autoglym intensive tar remover after badge removal and to remove the residue from when I have removed the sign writing from my driving school car in the past.

By all means try the clay bar...but remember to use LOTS of lube. Don't buy lube...just make some from a high concentrated solution of shampoo does the trick.

This is after a bit of attention with the clay bar.



The lettering is more visible than the picture shows up. I did wonder what shampoo to use as lube, 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner, for thick hair or greasy hair. I honestly did almost go and raid the bathroom. Then I thought DUH! Car shampoo, what a plum!

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South Coast Meeting, 23rd June, The Churchillian, Portsdown Hill. Be there or be a BMW driver!

I nearly peed myself...try vosene next time!

Yes, you will see the lettering, as the Badge had covered the original paintwork (un-oxidized). Red cars are notorious for fading and you now need to polish up the rest of the car to match the badge area now!

I'm a bit of a Pantene Pro V man. Slight oxymoron there maybe!

I ache for a weekend to be able to polish the whole of the car. I feel it would take longer though!

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South Coast Meeting, 23rd June, The Churchillian, Portsdown Hill. Be there or be a BMW driver!

Niven....Have you got a machine polisher...or plan to do it by hand?

Prep is everything when it comes to even start polishing....sometimes up to 2 hours for this alone....Even with a DA polisher, I would look to take 8/12 hours polishing the paintwork to get it looking pristine.....by hand I would be looking at 4 or 5 days.

If you don't have a lot of time....try doing one panel at a time.

I don't have a machine polisher - no thanks to Father Christmas!

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South Coast Meeting, 23rd June, The Churchillian, Portsdown Hill. Be there or be a BMW driver!

Niven, if you PM with your address, I will put enough polish to do the whole boot lid and a special hand polishing pad in the post for you.

No point in you buying a whole expensive bottle.

Did the polishes I sent you work?

In a word, not yet!

I have clayed the rear end and that got me to here:



I then used the S30+ on the softer side of the pad with some elbow grease and this took me to here:





Apologies for the poor photos, the light was disappearing and the sun would'nt move to a better position for me.

I then finished up with a coat of Minute Wax. I think I may get a chance on Tuesday to get down to it with the S17+.

Oh and I really want a machine polisher now!

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South Coast Meeting, 23rd June, The Churchillian, Portsdown Hill. Be there or be a BMW driver!

arms aching?

the badge area is looking a lot better now...try the order of polishing as follows....s17+ on white, followed by S30+ on white, followed by S30+ on black

Machine polishing, even on Dual action will have got the whole boot lid done within 10 minues..to a high gloss. We all know now what's on your birthday/christmas wish list!

Glad to have been of some help

Now that gives me an idea, 'darling, if you let me have an polisher for the car i'll spend so much less time cleaning it, honest' !!

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South Coast Meeting, 23rd June, The Churchillian, Portsdown Hill. Be there or be a BMW driver!

Hi, I used to work in a BMW body shop and we used to use a drill attachment that had a large rubber wheel on the end of it, I can't remember the official name for it but it was the same colour as Caramac Chocolate so we called it the Caramac wheel, Anyway it's a brilliant piece of kit for removing any of the badge bondings or double sided tapes car manufacturers use and works great in removing traces of unwanted decals as well, Most BMW and GM body shops use them, I'm sure if you speak nicely to the Boss he'll let you have one, will still need a polish but the hard work is done without the risk of damaging your lovely paintwork.

I know I'm a bit late with this post for you Niven, I hope anyone else who reads your post may find it helpful

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