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10-16-2004, 04:06 AM
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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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10-16-2004, 05:34 AM
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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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10-16-2004, 05:38 AM
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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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10-16-2004, 07:49 AM
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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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10-16-2004, 12:44 PM
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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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10-16-2004, 02:20 PM
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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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10-16-2004, 02:36 PM
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User #12137
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Location: kingsport,upper east tenn
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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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10-16-2004, 07:39 PM
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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.
 Maybe you can get the overlay kit. If you don't want it in white, I think they'll do black for you. |
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10-16-2004, 07:58 PM
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User #12137
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: kingsport,upper east tenn
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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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