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11-14-2011, 08:59 PM
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got bored
one of those days, I was lookin at my horn button and thought 'man...I should buy a new one of these...then again, what fun would buying something be?'
so, I grabbed my grinder and set off to pretty it up a bit. it was pitted more then anything I've seen, so I de-chromed/coppered it, painted a new black inlay and proceeded to polish the raw pot metal. after getting it to an acceptable shine I threw a coat of 'extra durable' clear powder coat on it. who thought pot metal could be so good looking? lol |
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11-14-2011, 09:01 PM
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Re: got bored
Wow that looks good.
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11-14-2011, 09:38 PM
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Re: got bored
Nice!
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11-14-2011, 09:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: got bored
nice work. Was just thinking of this on a couple old ones I have....but it's waaaay down on my list of priorities right now
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11-15-2011, 01:01 AM
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Re: got bored
whoa, va72, yer in midlothian va? small world, I work in midlothian
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11-15-2011, 10:56 AM
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Re: got bored
That turned out awesome! My '68 needs a little work on it's horn button....
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11-15-2011, 11:38 AM
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Re: got bored
Looks Great! I'll bet it will mean more to you down the road since you did it yourself.
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11-15-2011, 12:09 PM
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Re: got bored
Looks great to me
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11-15-2011, 12:28 PM
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Old Duffer
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Re: got bored
Excellent! What did you use for your last polish medium?
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11-15-2011, 12:34 PM
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Re: got bored
Very impressive!
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11-15-2011, 03:50 PM
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Re: got bored
what I used was a roloc scotchbright disk on my grinder to take off the old chrome and copper(this seemed to work better then an actual grinder..seemed more gentle, yet effective). from there I took 80grit, then 180, 220, 320 on to 400 wet, then 600, 1000, 1500, 3000. now, at 3k grit paper it looked pretty damned good (actually all the way through I thought about stopping, it looked neat with the brushed look at each grit) I took rubbing compound after 3k and finished with a glazing compound (like for clear coat buffing). all this took about 1.5hrs, then powder coat(which was a whole other process). thanks for all the compliments!
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11-15-2011, 04:07 PM
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Re: got bored
it came out great!!!!
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