Metal Trim, stripping paint.....

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Metal Trim, stripping paint.....

Aaron the trim looks great. You da man.

[Tom Weed]

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That was an amazing turn around, way to go!

[Nappers]

Re: Metal Trim, stripping paint.....

Today, I got the truck running good. Update of what we've done so far, new Master Cylinder, new Slave Cylinder, Rebuilt Carburetor, new Starter, new Points, new Spark Plugs, Fixed Emergency Flasher switch (knob pulled out of switch, pulled apart and fixed), it also was wired wrong and I found a wiring diagram online and rewired it and now they flash. I epoxied the back up light lens, it was in 3 pieces.

Here's some more pictures of the metal, it's about 6PM and the boy is still outside with Lacquer Thinner getting the paint off of the trim, using saw horses and 2X4's to lay the trim on. Gonna clamp them to the 2X4 to buff them. I just clamped my rotary in a vise when I was doing the little pieces.

Here's the D100 and Dodge emblems. They were in pretty sad shape.

Here's before of the both:





Process: Clean with Meguiar's Chrome Cleaner. That did not get them perfectly clean, so out came the Etching Mag Cleaner (acid) and carefully cleaned with a gentle brush and rinse. Thanks Kevin Brown, thought of it when I didn't get them clean.

Edit: The Etching Wheel cleaner needs to be used carefully and not a cleaner to be messing with painted wheels. I read Kevin Browns entry on chrome lettering on a write up he did on that Tundra, I was very carefull and did a test spot then when I was satisfied that it was okay, I finished. Also, protect your eyes and skin, this stuff is powerful.

The D100 emblems are in pretty sad shape, but they cleaned up good, same process as above. They are pitted and need rechroming bad. But the boy likes them and they will do for now.


Afters:








I WILL do a full write up on the paint once it's done.

Thanks for looking still.

Aaron

[Tuck91]

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nice job, cant wait for the full writeup

[Nappers]

Re: Metal Trim, stripping paint.....

Okay gang,

Here's some more progress.

The boy would come home from school and apply the lacquer thinner to the painted part. He got it all clean before my days off.

Today, I took the hood piece of trim and gave it the what for.

Process:
M84 - Rotary, 8006 pad, no good results, left fine scratches, but hey it was fun.

NXT - Rotary, 8006 pad, decent results, even tried some passes by hand and yellow pad.

M105 - Rotary, 8006 pad - This is the best result I got, I followed up with NXT by hand, 2 passes.

After rotarying, I noticed some maybe carbon buildup. Remembering what I did with the chromed letters and the results, I thought I would try the etching wheel cleaner on the aluminum. I did the usual test spot and treated the acid with care. I wore gloves this time too The mild cleaner did not harm the aluminum and I was able to take care of any "hazing" the cleaner did with a pass of M105 and then followed with the NXT All Metal Polysh.

Here are the trim pieces minus the black paint, the boy did some work!:



Some boo boo's I'm up against.....






Here's my set up, I used a 2X4 on saw horses to lay the trim down and used plastic clamps to secure the trim as I am using a rotary.



Here's what I did to put the NXT AMP on the pad for rotary work. I used a plastic butter knife, remember kids don't use your wife's/Mom's etc metal butter knife



I'm pretty sure this is after the first pass of M105, I noticed some yellowish looking buildup that I'll call carbon buildup and what I used the Etching Wheel Cleaner on:



This stuff is to be taken seriously and make sure you do a test spot and wear proper protection. PLEASE!


Acid, so be careful.



This picture doesn't do the trim justice, the bottom one is the pretty much finished piece.



These half and halves hopefully you can tell where I stopped. Those scratches on the right side are not from the clamps, they were already there.




Thanks for looking.

I was hoping to get the truck done this Saturday and Sunday, but I called to work for someone who got sick, so I'm working nights this weekend and hopefully finish by Tuesday as I have them off.

I am low on M105, but my thought to my madness was hit them with a high grit paper and polish them out. So, we'll see eh?

L8R

Aaron

[Markus Kleis]

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Definitely dramatic changes. Metal is one area that I haven't had much experience with playing around with polishes. Look like you have a great project to perfect some new techniques and products.

[Tuck91]

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Nice job Nappers, those trim pieces look brand new!

[Megafast13]

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Looks great!

Eagle One

Nice work, I hate all the Black oxidation that gets on my pads and towels when working with Alum. and metals.

[Nappers]

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Eagle One

I don't have WB yet, which I think has similar ingredients to the E1.....

Thanks though, and yeah, the black pads at the end of the day is messy, although, my ol' wool pad and older 8006 pads are doing the dirty work They come pretty clean though with a spritzing of APC.

[Tim Lingor]

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Hey Aaron,

Great job!!!!

Tim

[bsibold]

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that's what restoration is all about. Taking your time to do the job right with simply amazing results. GREAT JOB!

[Nappers]

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And for the record.....

The truck in question is the blue one, NOT the red one

I am working on the metal trim attached to it....rather not attached at the moment, but if anyone cruises my gallery and looks under the album "D100" you can see stages where I'm at and it will look much better than you see it on the first thread.

Thanks for all the comments guys, it's been fun so far.

Aaron