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User #12137
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gauge cleaning ?
what the best thing to clean the face of the gauges without takeing the numbers and stuff off them or smeering them all over the place ?
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its all about the +6 inches
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the numbers are on the inside if the lens.
If you take it all apart, you can buff the haze and scratches off the lens with just a drill and a buffer wheel and wax. |
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User #12137
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opps my bad !!!!!! i am putting in a camaro tack and the tack is really nasty and i want to clean it !!!!!! i know if i use water to do it the no#s will smear so what do i use to clean them ?
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I don't think you really can. Just touching the numbers can rub them off.
I'd carefully clean around them and not touch at all if possible. Maybe a Q-tip and alot of time? ![]()
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maybe you could try a can of compressed air, like your supposed to use on cumputers & stuff.. But I'd try on a guage you don't plan to use first.
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I use a towel and water but like stated dont rub too hard as the letting/scale will come off.
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User #12137
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i have already done the air thing didnt help any and i tryed the water thing and they stared to smear the no# so i quit and came here to ask how everybody was doing it i will try the Qtip thing next
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its all about the +6 inches
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Location: Hilliard Ohio
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I've used dry rags without too much smearing...but just humidity and rubbing can smear them...I think they used chalk.
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User #12137
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is the overlay thing hard to do ?
how do ya get the hands off ? what kinda paint can i paint the hands with ? |
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