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[69hemibeep]

How bout now?

Almost

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Hey Bob, can you give us a quick how-to on how to do those headlight bezels? :worship:

 

[69hemibeep]

Hey Bob, can you give us a quick how-to on how to do those headlight bezels? :worship:

Sure. If the part is zinc to start with I should clean up like new unless rust got through the zinc. Get a plastic container to pour the muriatic acid into (pool acid) follow the warnings on the acid bottle its nasty to breath, use outside. Simply set the part in the acid and if its zinc it will almost appear to boil. When it stops usually in 5 minutes remove with long nose pliers and rinse in water and dry asap it will flash rust if not. If there was no rust you can then use Eastwoods zinc plate kit to recoat the part, if there was rust it must be cleaned to bare metal or you will have dark spots. You can use the acid on alot of parts even rusty ones, an overnight soak will kill and remove rust, it will leave pitting where the rust was!

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Thanks, that's awesome to know.

 

[ACME A12]

I've used muriatic acid for years to clean parts - terrific for suspension components which always seem to have a ton of crud and or rust on them. This stuff is great for cleaning metal in general - it's actually used in the pickling of steel prior to subsequent manufacturing processes such as extrustion or galvanizing. As Bob noted be prepared for flash rust after rinsing.

I'd add a bit to Bob's instructions for the uninitiated however. Muriatic acid is just another name for hydrochloric acid - so it's nothing to be taken lightly. Wear rubber gloves when working with it. Introduce and remove parts slowly from the solution to avoid splashing this stuff on you or on anything else for that matter. Rinse anything with water that it might accidently come into contact with it. Just remember it is HCL and don't think of it as just another chemical that you just dump into your pool. Okay, I'm off of my safety soap box...

:jester:
Ray

 

[69hemibeep]

I've used muriatic acid for years to clean parts - terrific for suspension components which always seem to have a ton of crud and or rust on them. This stuff is great for cleaning metal in general - it's actually used in the pickling of steel prior to subsequent manufacturing processes such as extrustion or galvanizing. As Bob noted be prepared for flash rust after rinsing.

I'd add a bit to Bob's instructions for the uninitiated however. Muriatic acid is just another name for hydrochloric acid - so it's nothing to be taken lightly. Wear rubber gloves when working with it. Introduce and remove parts slowly from the solution to avoid splashing this stuff on you or on anything else for that matter. Rinse anything with water that it might accidently come into contact with it. Just remember it is HCL and don't think of it as just another chemical that you just dump into your pool. Okay, I'm off of my safety soap box...

:jester:
Ray

Its not the kind of acid you want to do at a Holiday Inn with mod top sheets :lmao:

 

[ACME A12]

Its not the kind of acid you want to do at a Holiday Inn with mod top sheets :lmao:

OMG, is THAT ever the truth...

 

[Hoosier Bird]

I guess you could. You would get a free tongue piercing as a bonus.......

 

[69hemibeep]

Ouch, I would have to wash it down with alot of :cheers:

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Ouch, I would have to wash it down with alot of :cheers:

Another bonus............. :cheers:

 

[69hemibeep]

Got a little work done today, headliner insulation, spash shields, wind shield washers, finished the dash insulation. And John the washers were plated with zinc, another use for the kit. I did the screws clips and squirters.

 

[69hemibeep]

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[Hoosier Bird]

Man........she is sexy..........

 

[Roadcuda]

:worship:

 

[mcmopar]

Man........she is sexy..........

Definitely! I'd be afraid to drive it after its done! :worship:

 

[69hemibeep]

Next weekend I should be ready to undercoat those sexy wheel wells :crazy: Time to go out and clean torsion bars and the tranny mount, e-brake, and finish the airgrabber.

 

[69rrvert]

Your care is looking great. Can't wait to see it finished. I would love to do that to the vert. Thanks - 69rrvert

 

[John69RR]

It's coming along great! :cheers: :cheers: Those pictures would be great in a seperate restoration section.

 

[Big John]

It's coming along great! :cheers: :cheers: Those pictures would be great in a seperate restoration section.

Yea they would be... Wait.... Do we have a section like that?

 

[69hemibeep]

I don't know I'll have to look