03-28-2015, 11:56 AM | #1 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Florida Gulf coast
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| Blacking out chrome
OK, on my 1:1 1984 K5, I had blacked out most of the chrome and wanted to do the same to my Ascender. I'm going to try Super Clean to removed the chrome from the grill and diff covers. I may do the wheels as well. Other than the Super Clean, does anyone suggest another way? Painting over the chrome for me is a no go.
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03-28-2015, 10:29 PM | #2 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Birmingham
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03-29-2015, 04:24 AM | #3 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Florida Gulf coast
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| Re: Blacking out chrome
Picked up some last night. Buy one, get one free at Advanced Auto Parts. Before I left for work this morning, I put the four kit wheels in Super Clean to soak for the day. Good to hear it works. Black is always better than chrome. I'll be doing the diff covers and grill tonight. |
03-30-2015, 11:11 AM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Working in my dream RC workshop and remodeling my entire home.
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| Re: Blacking out chrome
Might have to try this. I like the grill as is, but those diff covers are a bit too blingy for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
03-31-2015, 09:13 AM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Florida Gulf coast
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| Re: Blacking out chrome
It does in fact work but give it time. I put the diff covers and grill in for 12 hours and all the chrome pint was gone. No scrubbing needed. I used Dawn dish liquid to clean them off and let them air dry. Wheels took a bit longer. Seems like the over did it with the spray on them. I left them as they are for now and will most likely spray the grill and wheels black and the diff covers orange to match my old 1:1 covers. |
03-31-2015, 12:12 PM | #6 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: winder, ga
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| Re: Blacking out chrome
I used Easy Off oven cleaner. Worked great and only took about 20 mins to do all 4 wheels.
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05-10-2015, 03:28 AM | #7 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland. Uk
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| Re: Blacking out chrome
good old fashioned brake fluid does the job too.. just soak the parts for a few hours and the chrome will pop right off.. Al.. |
05-10-2015, 02:36 PM | #8 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Walnut Grove
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+1 for good ol' DOT3
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