Acetoned my emblems today
 

They look incredible. I've seen pictures...but I think they look extra nice on a dark grey truck. I'm very pleased. It was pretty easy...just time consuming. It took about 2-3 hours to do both badges, and the tailgate badge. I acetoned over the XLT sticker and also the Triton V8. The Triton V8 was the biggest bitch...until I realized that if I just squeezed the acetone in the little crevices with a cotton ball it would get the black paint out. At first I was trying to get it out with a Q-tip and it took forever.

Also, I masking taped from the badge down...but I did get some acetone on my truck. I washed both fenders 3 times...and there's very little 'scufs' left from the acetone. Have any of you who've acetoned your badges gotten this? And what's the best way to remove it?

Oh yeh...I'll put pictures up later today. :D

acetone on paint
 

one of the guys was saying it clouds your paint for a couple of days but it does go away after awhile[PHP]

Yeh, that's what it looks like...cloudy paint...so I guess I'll see what happens. Thanks.

same thing happened to me. all i did was rinse it after, then took it to the pro washers cause i am lazy. they took care of it with a standard wash. now everything is back to normal. just my .02

Here's the pictures:

https://www.f150online.com/galleries....cfm?anum=2608


https://www.f150online.com/galleries...2608-32442.jpg

https://www.f150online.com/galleries...2608-32441.jpg

https://www.f150online.com/galleries...2608-32440.jpg

try using some polishing compound on your paint, be gentle though

Hey guys - FYI, Goof Off takes all the black off also and is not quite as harsh as acetone. Did two Supercrew tailgate emblems and installed on my fenders - worked great!! Now just need to do the tailgate emblem to match.

One other thing - I found a soft-bristled toothbrush really helped to get all of the black off, especially around the smaller letters. Sprayed the bristles with Goof Off and lightly scrubbed between the letters.

never heard of using goof off, then again I havent heard of goof off :p

Good Stuff!
 

Goof Off is a multi purpose solvent. You can get it most paint stores & in the paint aisle @ Home Depot. It's pretty potent stuff, so exercise care when using.
Larry

Can I do this on my 97? I've mostly seen stuff saying 98 and on....

Robbie

From what everyone has said, you cannot do this with the 97's - something about they were made differently. Best thing to do is order new ones for a '98 and up, acetone (Goof Off) them, pull the old ones off and replace.