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Removing Badges

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Ok so since I'm fixing everything else up on her I figured why not a fresh coat of paint. I was planing on removing the badges and doing some custom pinstriping where the badges were. Yes I know there is another recent thread about this, BUT my badges are the hard plastic or whatever they're made of. So I took the badges off and had some filler ready to fill the screw holes but the part they screw too sticks out a little further than the rest the tank and appears to be tack welded in there. So how do I smooth this area out for a uniform finish?

The only things I could think of was trying to grind the welds off and pry these small pieces off but I'd really prefer not to use that much filler. Other than that I was thinking maybe some "light" tap work with a ball ping hammer to get it recessed and smooth it out with a little less filler than the alternative.

Almost forgot, not so sure it matters for this but just in case she is a 1981 GS 550 L

Any thoughts?

Thanks
-Bradley
 
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would grinding them down with, say a dremmel work? This would be small enough to where it wont get too out of hand and be helpful in that it would make less filling in after it is off. You could use the dremmel to cut, then use it to grind even as well. What do you think? Possible?
 
Ground mine off with a DA, filled with body filler; slick as glass.
 
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