Just wondering if anyone has tried to remove the flag badge from their CGR Ti. Can’t really tell how it’s stuck on. I want to replace it with my own nations flag or leave it bare as the whole bike otherwise is black and silver.
Just don’t want to scratch the frame up.
by Work_Account89
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Pry it off with a plastic tool
No idea if this would be of any use but there are guides on de-badging cars, perhaps worth a look.
I get the feeling this won’t be stuck on the same but if it looks like a resin holding it in place the fishing wire method may work.
I’d probably start either with WD-40 or isopropyl alcohol. Apply it around the sticker in such a way that it can dribble down behind. WD-40 is more likely to penetrate behind the sticker, but isopropyl alcohol is better at dissolving sticky stuff in my experience. Then use a tool like a knife to carefully lift/pry the sticker off (it looks like a pretty rigid foil sticker). Then more WD-40 or isopropyl alcohol to rub off any sticky reside.
I’m not aware that either chemical can damage titanium but double check that first.
Id leave it on there and just add yours next to it or on the other side. I cant tell if that thing is glued on there or if its been welded on through holes on the inside.
Get some floss and a hair dryer.
Light heat, not enough so you can’t touch it, and slide the floss between the emblem and the frame. Should be nearly no possibility to scratch like a flat bladed tool might.
Clean up residue with the hair dryer and your fingers, or a rag, or isopropyl alcohol.