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Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
It seems like about a year ago, someone did a write-up on restoring the side aluminum trim. For the life of me, I cannot find it now. If anyone has a link to it, I would appreciate it! Thanks.
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
I will be getting to that soon...just cleaning an polishing for now
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
I restored my trim on my 71 Cheyenne about a year ago.
It takes a lot of time and patience but it can be done. After removal I stripped all of the paint with Jabsco paint remover (Home Depot). Then I stripped the anodizing off with a solution of sodium hydroxide (Lye) and water 20:1. I know that some guys here have had good luck with easy off oven cleaner or white lightning but it didn't work very well for me. I sprayed on the solution and worked it off with a scotch brite pad in just minutes. Once the aluminum is bare the dents can be worked out with a screen door roller and then sanded smooth. The high gloss is restored by using a denim buffing wheel and black cutting compound followed by a medium hard cotton wheel and brown or red compound. I then wiped the residue off with lacquer thinner. Finish by either applying a good grade of automotive clear coat or re-anodizing. I clear coated mine and it is holding up well. The black is SEM trim paint. and the wood grain if desired can be got from LMC Etc. Before... ![]() After... ![]() |
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
That look's nice. That was a lot of work but it paid off!!!!
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
That's good to know and looks great as well.
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Here's the grill...
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
That is perfect for where I am at in the restoration process. I just finished cleaning and polishing the front...what did you use for the black inlays and such?
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
How did you get the scratches out of the grill?
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Wow, very nice!
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
nice work,, that grill looks amazing!
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
I applied SEM 39144 Trim Black. To make it stick I applies a fog coat of automotive clear coat first and then put the black on. I followed it up with two more coats of clear.
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
After removing all of the dents and imperfections I sanded the entire grill with 400 followed with 600 grit wet/dry paper. Then it was buffed with a denim wheel with black cutting compound. I followed that with a medium cotton wheel with a finer brown compound. Others recommend jewelers rouge but it seems to me that it fogs it up too much. The wheels and compounds can be purchased from http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Here's a couple of finished shots.
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Awesome work!!!
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
I have a box full of trim and a few rolls of the woodgrain....Looks like I have some work to do
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Quote:
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
I fog coated the moldings with clear first to make the black stick. Then I applied the black and followed it up with two more clear. The wood grain tape was the last thing that went on with no over coating.
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Did you use a hi gloss or semi gloss clear? They turned out great!
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Awesome job!!! When you used the screen roller what did you use under the trim, just a table or a soft cloth?
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
That grill and trim turned out awesome! Now I am going to have to try and do my grill with that, it needs a new one because its faded and there are lots of scratchs.
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Did you do anything to the egg crate grille?
How much time do you have in this. Does anyone know if the original mdgs are significantly better than new repop?
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#24 |
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
Do a search on threads started by DT1. He went through step by step instructions on how to re-finish the grill. He addresses the insert in that write-up.
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Re: Restoring Upper and Lower Trim
I was going to start the stripping process this weekend on all the upper and lower trim and I thought I would just call around to several anodizing shops in Denver and see if they offered any advice. I found a shop called Finishing Pros and they indicated, if I would strip the paint and vinyl, they would strip the anodizing on all (20) piecs for $ 35.00. Then, once I polished or finished with scotchbrite, they would re-anodize all (20) pieces for $72.00. Sounds almost too good to be true!!! I sure am glad I made the call and think I will try this method out and will report back once I have completed the process.
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