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11-26-2010, 10:51 AM
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how to fix this.
looking to you guys on the best way to repair my from grill. My grill is in pretty good shape except for 3 deep gouges, or chunks missing in the top of aluminium. Is there a filler out there (like Lab Metal) that can be polished. so it will blend in? I was thinking about some sorta aluminium filler rod. but not sure if that would work. Any help would be appreciated
 
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11-26-2010, 01:28 PM
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Re: how to fix this.
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As far as I know there is no easy way to fix these. No matter how you do it you will just about have to re-polish the whole grille if you try it. Once you polish that area and go through the anodized surface there is no way to make it match the rest of the grille. I hope somebody will prove me wrong and that you will post the results if you find a way to do it... LockDoc
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11-28-2010, 10:47 AM
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Re: how to fix this.
well i figured it out, now i just have to spend the rest of the week polishing it. Thanks for your help, LockDoc
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11-28-2010, 04:11 PM
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Re: how to fix this.
So how did you do it?
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11-28-2010, 04:20 PM
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Re: how to fix this.
i am curious to, what did you do?
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11-28-2010, 06:30 PM
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Re: how to fix this.
I got my old friend the sanding block out and sanded the trim to reveal the low spots, then took a small drift and tapped the back side lightly till the dent was up then sandded it again very lightly till all that was left was the Low spot again, then took a small punch and tapped that low spot up, till i could sand it flat and not have the pit. all taps and sanding was done very lightly, the aluminium is fairly thin. it dont take much to ting it back to shape. it took a couple of hours to do 5 spots. here's a pic of the center punch and the dimples on the back side.
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11-28-2010, 10:56 PM
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Re: how to fix this.
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No problem. Looking good so far. LockDoc
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