Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Some Winter Parts Restoration Projects.

Yhanks Doc, I'm going to have to teach myself how to do that. I've allways worked with my hands and just needed a clue how to do that. Your right, the repros don't even look orig. , the finish isn't the same and would like to resist buying them. I've also allways admired restored stainless trim on the exterior and thought, I wish I could do that. Wish me luck, I'll need it Paul P.S. I think I'll keep this mail for reference.

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Paul sill restoration is not easy and takes great patience and many many hours. I have an assortment of body and fender hammers and small ball peen hammers and pick hammers. I make custom wooden bucks to help beat out the dents and scrapes. Then you go to a coarse scotch brite pad to remove the alumium corrosion and then you go to 500#, 600#, 1000#,1500# sandpaper and then to crocus cloth. Then you start with the various grades of polishing compounds from the coarsest to the finest. I did them on my yellow Hornet a few years ago and it takes on an average of 40 hours for one done properly. I'd love to just buy repo ones and polish then out like chrome in 1/2 hour but non are available. :-(~ "Doc"To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Paul Hancock <kwikbiker@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:07:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Some Winter Parts Restoration Projects.

Doc When you restore these sills do you use hammer(s) and a flat surface to remove dents? would like to do mine but have never attempted it before. Sounds like a project you could be proud of. Paul

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
With the car in the upholstery shop getting the seats done finally I have 2 last items to restore to totally complete the interior, the aluminum door sill plates. I picked 2 of the best out of the 6 I have. It will be a tedious job picking out the dings and dents, sanding out the nicks and scratches and polishing them. What better time than right now since I don't have the car and it is winter. I now have all the supplies to use the Eastwood platting kit to plate the hatch guide pin I made. The rear window louver should be back from the media blaster next week, so I can star t prepping that to paint. I have the stripper to strip the urethane 77 AMX fender flares, the flexible primer to paint them with and the orange paint and the flex additive to paint them with. Being disabled and not working gives me plenty of time to do all this although at about 1/10 the speed I did such things 15 years ago. Happy New Year everyone. "Doc"

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