Paint got too hot during emblem removal....

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Sorry if this is in the wrong section its been a while since I have been on here.......today I was removing emblems off my new daily driver.....Kia Optima. Used good ol hair dryer and some 3M adhesive remover like always (this has got to be at least the 15th car I have done this to)......little did I realize my wife (a hair stylist) purchased one of the most powerful dryers known to man!!!!!



Needless to say it looks as tho the clear has bubbled just slightly on either end where the emblem was. Its not "soap bubbly" rather one large bubble. I immediately stopped and put some opti-seal on it and left it alone. My question how do I remedy this?





Will it self level? Did I create some serious permanent damage? I was going to wait till the clear hardened and take some 2500grit to level it some and compound it. I do plan on coating the car with Opti-coat soon but want to get this taken care of first. Any help would be great!
 
Pictures would help out a lot. From what it sounds like, it'll need serious wet sanding and compounding to re-level the spot, if that would even be enough to safely correct it.
 
You could've just used dental floss to take off the emblems and than used the 3M adhesive remover to get the gunk off.
 
I agree that it will require sanding but I worry that you will be able to make it look satisfactory without a repaint. Can you put a new emblem on and disguise the damage? Sorry.
 
I dont mind sanding...I just want to make sure I didnt ruin the clear coat (other than the looks of it of course)....Im going to hit it with some sand paper this weekend and see what I can come up with...thinking....1500-->2500--->3000 then some compound polish and opti-coat.
 
My thinking is that if the heat applied was sufficient to cause bubbling, it may mean a bit of delamination has occurred. How much, how bad, or how deep is hard to say without closer evaluation.



It's the same effect you get when using a heat gun to strip paint off doors or window frames on a house, it bubbles up and then will peel or flake off without damaging the (wood, in that example) substrate.



Just a guess/hunch. Sorry :(
 
without seeing it i agree with charlie that the paint has delaminated from the panel. when you hit it with the sandpaper you'll find out for sure.
 
Thats what it sounds like to me as well, and unless you plan on repainting the area, I wouldn't chance it with sand paper...



You will find it should settle a bit once the weather cools down a bit and make it "livable" but if you sand through it(I'm not sure why you would sand a bubble of anything related to acute heat disruption) you might certainly be forced to repaint.
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
My thinking is that if the heat applied was sufficient to cause bubbling, it may mean a bit of delamination has occurred. How much, how bad, or how deep is hard to say without closer evaluation.



It's the same effect you get when using a heat gun to strip paint off doors or window frames on a house, it bubbles up and then will peel or flake off without damaging the (wood, in that example) substrate.



Just a guess/hunch. Sorry :(
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These are my thoughts too. I'm sorry, but your paint is most likely permanently damaged. Aside from a re-paint, Opti-coat will prevent the 2nd layer from fading but it will always look odd.
 
Charlie, right on the money!

This is another example of why one needs to have a 30X lighted magnifier in the old tool box.

With one he could see the delamination of the clear, lots of small bubbles, etc.

Grumpy
 
Ron Ketcham said:
This is another example of why one needs to have a 30X lighted magnifier in the old tool box.

With one he could see the delamination of the clear, lots of small bubbles, etc.

Grumpy
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Or maybe a 15X one, which I generally prefer for most paint inspecting. One of those personal preference things I guess, though it's nice to have both.
 
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