S100 Polishing Soap - Hubcap makeover
 

This is the way my hubcaps looked that I won on Ebay a few days ago. No dents whatsover but needed a serious cleaning.
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After a few hours of elbow grease they look like this. Now I just have to take them to my local sign painter so he can repaint the black and paint the bowtie blue.
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Re: S100 Polishing Soap - Hubcap makeover
 

great job1
you can tape and paint yourself, then bake em in the oven for a bit.

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Bake in the oven??

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yup...
spray can enamel will actually bake nicely.. like about 180 degrees or so for an hour.
actually you are just heating it, like a heated paint booth. it cures the paint quickly and seems to help it stick better.
great for small parts and brackets that you need to install soon.
I have had great results with hand painting details in hubcaps with model paint and a brush, then baking on- the brush marks flow out nice and it looks "enameled".
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I saw one guy on a furum say to preheat oven to 350, then turn it off. put the parts in and keep them in there till the oven is cool.
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edit: my experience is on chrome and stainless caps.... are those alum caps anodized? not sure if that makes a difference.

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Big thumbs up to my signpainter!
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Re: S100 Polishing Soap - Hubcap makeover
 

Nice!

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Beautiful work guys... thanks for the tips!

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Are those going on a 67-72? Will the centers clear the rear axle hubs?

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A 69'er.
If not I'll get a set of 1/4" spacers and go from there.