Correcting paint around emblems?

[Ls1transam]

How do you all do it. Do you get as close as possible? Or do you remove it and then buff and reinstall the emblem?

[Dan@Adams]

Removing the emblems can cause potentially more damage plus having to get new adhesive backing, so I tape them off and very carefully polish around them. Use an orange or blue hex hand grip applicator for very tight areas if the Swirl Killer Mini won't fit. The other option would be a Rupes iBrid Nano polisher - it's an incredibly versatile machine, but has a fairly substantial price tag for the kit. 

[Nathan]

I use the hex applicators, but you could invest in a micro polisher.

[Ls1transam]

Removing the emblems can cause potentially more damage plus having to get new adhesive backing, so I tape them off and very carefully polish around them. Use an orange or blue hex hand grip applicator for very tight areas if the Swirl Killer Mini won't fit. The other option would be a Rupes iBrid Nano polisher - it's an incredibly versatile machine, but has a fairly substantial price tag for the kit.

Thanks. That's pretty much what I needed to know. I've always wondered what people do to get around them.

[jessewsmith]

I always use a microfiber towel (not super plush) and I'll put some compound or polish on it. I'll use my finger and get the little space in the emblem and around it that I can't get with my polishers. That's just something I do but everyone has something that works for them.

[Ls1transam]

I always use a microfiber towel (not super plush) and I'll put some compound or polish on it. I'll use my finger and get the little space in the emblem and around it that I can't get with my polishers. That's just something I do but everyone has something that works for them.

 

I've heard of that, thanks.

[Rich]

Q tips and a micro.  

[Nathan]

I've heard of people just polishing and waxing around them with gloves on their hand.

[hemi1300]

First thing I did on my truck was remove the emblems, much cleaner look and don't have to worry about detailing around them

[Ls1transam]

First thing I did on my truck was remove the emblems, much cleaner look and don't have to worry about detailing around them

Some customers may not like that very much lol

[mathews31]

That's a tough one, like others said maybe the rupes micro but tbh I think at that point you're entering the 0.1% of the car, for example the space between letters and things of that nature are tough to get