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03-03-2013, 10:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: henderson ky
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Polished my side mouldings
thought some of you may like to see this. I have a terrible time just leaving things alone, so here it is. The toughest part was removing the anodizing. I tried all the tricks on youtube, The drain cleaner, sanding, all kinds of strippers. My buddy has a chrome shop, he tried stripping it in his acid tank, Nothing. So, I bead blasted it in my harbor freight blast cabinet. Many parts where way too long and i had to leave the door open with dust flying everywhere. Next, I tapped out all the dents. I intentionaly tapped them too high and the sanded them with a DA and 80 grit. Then I sanded them by hand with 500 grit and started buffing with a cheap stiched buffing wheel and tripoli compound, then switched to a loose buffing wheel and the white compound. the pics don't really show it well, but, it looks almost like chrome.
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03-03-2013, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
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Re: Polished my side mouldings
I used Easy Off heavy duty. Sprayed it on, 2 min later wiped the anodizing (gel like goo) right off with a scrubby kitchen pad. Are you going to repaint the black on the trim?
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03-04-2013, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: henderson ky
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Re: Polished my side mouldings
i tried easy off too. yes, i'm going to paint the lower, the upper i'm going to leave alone.
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03-04-2013, 10:41 AM
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Location: Stockton Ca
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Re: Polished my side mouldings
That turned out really well!!
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03-04-2013, 11:28 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Lebanon, Mo.
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Re: Polished my side mouldings
Looks good
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03-04-2013, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: henderson ky
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Re: Polished my side mouldings
thanks guys
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03-04-2013, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Prairie City, Ia
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Re: Polished my side mouldings
Nice work, looks great!
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