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  • Body / Glass: 64 hawk side grills

    The side grills on my 64 project hawk are really rusty . Does anyone have a way to clean them up to look presentable for a daily driver? Thanks.
    NEIL G.

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    What I did with mine is I sand blasted them as hard as I could and tried to get all the rust off. Then I epoxy primed with a black epoxy and when completely dry scuffed with a red scuff pad. Then used fine line tape to tape off where it needed to be black. Painted where it use to be chrome with rust-oleum chrome sliver. when this was dry I peeled the tape and gave the whole thing a good coat of clear. From a distance you can hardly tell it's not chrome and even then there's very few people that know it's not suppose to be that way.
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    Last edited by swvalcon; 10-22-2015, 05:35 AM.

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    • #3
      Thanks swvalcon. That sounds like a good plan .
      NEIL G.

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      • #4
        The other option for the longest-lasting finish is do the same steps but having a powder coater apply their black and chrome coatings.

        jack vines
        PackardV8

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        • #5
          Hey Steve. Do you have a shot of what your final product looks like? Thanks. Dan

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          • #6
            I do and it's in my camera but for some reason I can't get it to down load. So if I can find the problem I will do that. I know I had a picture back when I first did them on here so maybe I can find that. Not sure how long posts are saved here on the site.

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            • #7
              There is a product here in Oz called C20. It is an (claimed) organic rust and filth remover. Soak stuff for 2 or 3 days, and it comes out looking very good. Did a real good job on my chrome end caps (spears) on top of the fender. I am sure you would have a similar product over there - worthwhile if you still have chrome/stainless to salvage. Cost is $41 litre, and reusable multiple times.

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              • #8
                Neil The wife found a way to get my camera to down load. Not the easiest way but it seemed to work. Here is what my side grilles looked like after they where clear coated.
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                Last edited by swvalcon; 10-30-2015, 04:51 PM.

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