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RANDY COX · 11-22-2004, 08:19 PM

Ok I'm sure this has been posted one time another but how do i get that awful ugly tarnished stain off my grill tried alot stuff but nothing works,had this same stain on my impala,looks good while it's wet but dried looks like crap.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks Randy

Super Duck · 11-22-2004, 08:20 PM

aluminum?

RANDY COX · 11-22-2004, 08:37 PM

Yea,aluminum seems like hate to say it but f**d products.like there aluminum grills still looks new i wonder what they do differently.

Super Duck · 11-22-2004, 08:41 PM

try a buffing wheel and polish or mothers wax

purple gas · 11-22-2004, 09:32 PM

well, Here's what I've done, But I'm NOT RECOMENDING IT!!!!!!! anyways if what your try to clean up isn't exactly "cherry" and you just want it to look better. I've had luck polishing stuff up with real FINE steel wool, and some windex. Not the kind the wife uses with soap in it, but the kind you can by at a woodworking supply store ( maybe home depot) there are various grades/ thicknesses/ guages or however they measure steel wool, Get the real fine stuff. (0000) I think. People use it for buffing furnature & stuff. I used it on the grill, bumper, & headlight bezels on my gmc. now they shine like new,,cept for the dents. Like I said I'M NOT SAYING TO USE IT, but you could try an old or inconspicuous part and see what you think. Stuff is amazing.

Super Duck · 11-22-2004, 09:40 PM

use 0000 it is the finest stuff you can get and it ok gor glass and tint too

kaycee · 11-22-2004, 09:40 PM

The grill is more than likely annodized (clear coat) I took some easyoff oven cleaner and an SOS pad and took it off.Then I used a 600 grit wet sand paper to it and followed it with 1000 grit and last but not least 1500 grit and then polshed it with some mothers aluminum polish.Yes it was a pain in the a$& and I could of wet sanded some more

but it looks alot better.

jakeslim · 11-22-2004, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kaycee

The grill is more than likely annodized (clear coat) I took some easyoff oven cleaner and an SOS pad and took it off.Then I used a 600 grit wet sand paper to it and followed it with 1000 grit and last but not least 1500 grit and then polshed it with some mothers aluminum polish.Yes it was a pain in the a$& and I could of wet sanded some more

but it looks alot better.

I did this a couple of months back and it looks good. See the pics i posted in the 69-72 forum, its not new, but looks 100% better than it did. Just don't breath the oven cleaner fumes

RANDY COX · 11-23-2004, 12:04 AM

Jakeslim i tried to find pixs of your grill redo could you please post pixs for me.Thanks Randy

*72CSTC5* · 11-23-2004, 01:56 PM

Randy, "Jake Slim" is right. You could get some 2000 grit sandpaper and then polish it with some "Mothers" or some 3M polishing compound and it will come out. You can even sand with rougher grits and work your way back up and polish from there. I do the Centerline aluminum wheels on my Powerstroke that way every few months and they look like new again. Just sit down on a stool and take your time. It will polish back out again like new.

11-22-2004, 08:19 PM	#1
RANDY COX Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: RADFORD, VA Posts: 2,651	Grills Ok I'm sure this has been posted one time another but how do i get that awful ugly tarnished stain off my grill tried alot stuff but nothing works,had this same stain on my impala,looks good while it's wet but dried looks like crap.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks Randy __________________ 1964 BBC 402 4x4

11-22-2004, 08:20 PM	#2
Super Duck Chevy Nuttttt Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Santa Maria Ca. Posts: 568	aluminum? __________________ 67' Chev swb step side 69' SS elky 03' Chev ext cab 4X4 hey who lernt me to spell is there anything else?

11-22-2004, 08:37 PM	#3
RANDY COX Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: RADFORD, VA Posts: 2,651	Yea,aluminum seems like hate to say it but f**d products.like there aluminum grills still looks new i wonder what they do differently. __________________ 1964 BBC 402 4x4

11-22-2004, 08:41 PM	#4
Super Duck Chevy Nuttttt Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Santa Maria Ca. Posts: 568	try a buffing wheel and polish or mothers wax __________________ 67' Chev swb step side 69' SS elky 03' Chev ext cab 4X4 hey who lernt me to spell is there anything else?

11-22-2004, 09:32 PM	#5
purple gas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: saskatoon, planet earth Posts: 694	well, Here's what I've done, But I'm NOT RECOMENDING IT!!!!!!! anyways if what your try to clean up isn't exactly "cherry" and you just want it to look better. I've had luck polishing stuff up with real FINE steel wool, and some windex. Not the kind the wife uses with soap in it, but the kind you can by at a woodworking supply store ( maybe home depot) there are various grades/ thicknesses/ guages or however they measure steel wool, Get the real fine stuff. (0000) I think. People use it for buffing furnature & stuff. I used it on the grill, bumper, & headlight bezels on my gmc. now they shine like new,,cept for the dents. Like I said I'M NOT SAYING TO USE IT, but you could try an old or inconspicuous part and see what you think. Stuff is amazing. Last edited by purple gas; 11-22-2004 at 10:05 PM.

11-22-2004, 09:40 PM	#6
Super Duck Chevy Nuttttt Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Santa Maria Ca. Posts: 568	use 0000 it is the finest stuff you can get and it ok gor glass and tint too __________________ 67' Chev swb step side 69' SS elky 03' Chev ext cab 4X4 hey who lernt me to spell is there anything else?

11-22-2004, 09:40 PM	#7
kaycee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Wyoming USA Posts: 2,446	The grill is more than likely annodized (clear coat) I took some easyoff oven cleaner and an SOS pad and took it off.Then I used a 600 grit wet sand paper to it and followed it with 1000 grit and last but not least 1500 grit and then polshed it with some mothers aluminum polish.Yes it was a pain in the a$& and I could of wet sanded some more but it looks alot better. __________________ 2001 Silverado K-1500 2005 FXDWG stage3 69 CHEVY Short/Step 327/4L60 373 posi 63 IMPALA 327

11-23-2004, 12:04 AM	#9
RANDY COX Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: RADFORD, VA Posts: 2,651	Jakeslim i tried to find pixs of your grill redo could you please post pixs for me.Thanks Randy __________________ 1964 BBC 402 4x4

11-23-2004, 01:56 PM	#10
72CSTC5 Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Deer Park, Tx. Posts: 2,524	Randy, "Jake Slim" is right. You could get some 2000 grit sandpaper and then polish it with some "Mothers" or some 3M polishing compound and it will come out. You can even sand with rougher grits and work your way back up and polish from there. I do the Centerline aluminum wheels on my Powerstroke that way every few months and they look like new again. Just sit down on a stool and take your time. It will polish back out again like new.



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