White Headlite Surrounds, Sprucing up |
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White Headlite Surrounds, Sprucing up |
Dion |
Sep 21 2018, 11:40 AM
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RN Group: Members Posts: 2,766 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Audubon,PA Member No.: 2,766 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I know the white headlite surrounds aren’t everyone’s cup of tea & the body shop guys
probably know this already.... I was cleaning up a set i purchased here in the classifieds, someone did a decent job of putting “appliance” white paint on them to get rid of the yellowing tobacco stained look. I was going to paint them again. So I grabbed my orbital palm sander with 220 grit and began scuffing the paint. Well some just flaked off easily. I turned up the speed and applied a bit more pressure and was able to remove all the paint. I noticed some areas went back to their original “plastic” white. So with a bit more pressure I was able to erase all the yellowing. Returning them back to original white. I thought it was cool. I think I’ll clear coat them just to avoid any bug juice from bonding to the raw plastic. Just thought I’d share. Attached thumbnail(s) |
anderssj |
Mar 31 2020, 10:02 AM
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Dog is my copilot... Group: Members Posts: 1,656 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
From an 2006/7 thread: "Light Mechanisms, A little tinkering today..." started by Eric at PMB, some discussion of paint brands and colors for the white headlight surrounds: "Valspar 55409 "Vanilla". Special plastic enamel. Color is an exact match. I spent hours trying to clean them up with everything in the book. I took the worst set I had and tried this stuff (I have a couple more sets). The result is what you see."
Unfortunately, it looks like the Valspar is NLA. A later post in that thread mentions Krylon Fusion "Satin Dover White." I think that's what I finally used on my car: I may still have the spray can on the shelf.... |
Tonny |
Mar 31 2020, 10:22 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 1-March 20 From: Denmark Member No.: 23,982 Region Association: Scandinavia |
Is it right that the white surrounds just were painted black.
Mine is white but painted black Sorry for my English :-) |
mepstein |
Mar 31 2020, 12:06 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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