Polishing over metal badges

[slalom38]

How do I handle polishing around the badge area?

Edited March 15, 2017 by slalom38

[falcaineer]

Tape over them (3M painters or auto performance), at least any sharp edges if not the whole badge. If you don't, you run the risk of damaging the pad (been there!). You can then use your machine polisher, assuming you have one, to get closer with less worry. And/or you can hand polish around them using one of the hex grip applicators.

 

Check out this article, too:

http://www.adamsforums.com/topic/20630-faq-what-kind-of-tape-should-i-use-to-mask-off-trim/

Edited March 15, 2017 by falcaineer

[Nathan]

If you feel you need to tape it off (because as said above it will chew up the pad) you can. I normally don't tape it just be carful around the area.

[BrianT]

I got really tired of going around the badges and took them all off! Sooooooo much easier!!

[shane@detailedreflections]

All the badges make me consider a micro polisher more and more.  The cost isn't horrible since they're dremel tool driven.  I've been seeing them and one of these days I will add one to my collection.

 

In the meantime, I carefully go around them with the polisher.  If I need to, I'll break out the nano since it's a little smaller to control for badges that tend to be individual letters.  If it's a single badge, I can usually work pretty well with a regular polisher.