 Restoring fog light grills, Thoughts, ramblings and questions.... |
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| mr914 |
 Jul 1 2015, 11:19 PM
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914 Hillbilly  Group: Members Posts: 576 Joined: 11-January 03 From: Lincoln NE Member No.: 131 Region Association: None  |
Was looking at a stack of foglight grills to find an acceptable pair. Most were repainted, green with mold, chipped off chrome or originals black.
Brought Up several rambling questions.... Base plastic? ABS palatable? My background is plastics and that would be the "today's" choice for plastic. How can the chrome be stripped? Can they be media blasted and rechromed? "As seen on TV" or the web.... Spray chrome? They even do shaded chrome and gold. Has anyone tried Thanks, Keith |
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| PanelBilly |
Jul 2 2015, 12:18 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,796 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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I sanded and related mine and then had them chrome painted by a shop. There's a thread on it somewhere here
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| 69telecaster |
Jul 2 2015, 05:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 4-April 10 From: White Cloud, MI Member No.: 11,558 Region Association: None |
I've used EasyOff oven cleaner to remove chrome from plastic...works good.
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| EdwardBlume |
Jul 2 2015, 08:40 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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I've spent hours polishing them later realizing they can be more efficiently bought!
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| Bossman |
Jul 3 2015, 10:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 6-October 14 From: Red Bluff CA Member No.: 17,985 Region Association: Northern California |
I had a set that had turned green. Figured I had nothing to loose so I used some standard chrome polish and a tooth brush. Came out great.
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| EdwardBlume |
Jul 5 2015, 08:36 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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QUOTE(Bossman @ Jul 3 2015, 09:18 PM)  I had a set that had turned green. Figured I had nothing to loose so I used some standard chrome polish and a tooth brush. Came out great. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thisthreadisworthlesswithoutpics.gif) |
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| markb |
Jul 5 2015, 12:48 PM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California
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I used to soak them in Simple Green to get the tarnish off, the go at them with chrome polish. You'd be suprised at how good they come out.
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