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Old 03-18-2013, 02:49 PM   #1814
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

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Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena View Post


?? How'd I do what? The headlight buckets or the chrome?

On the buckets: 1st I washed them with degreaser and a scrub brush, then used a wire wheel on my bench grinder to remove rust & some undercoating a previous owner got on them. Then I used Rustoleum red oxide primer and after it flashed I used their Professional grade semi gloss black.

Headlight bezels got polished with Turtle wax chrome polish and OOO Steel wool.
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Getting the "bubbles" out of the chrome is what I needed help on. I will try the 000 steel wool.
I still have a couple of cans of the TW chrome polish from the seventies!

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Thanks, Dan.

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