Chromed Parts....No Want!

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 24, 2004 1:45 PM

hey, there was an issue of fsm where a guy used a 1/24 station wagon, and converted it into a canadian military vehicle! i looked for the issue and cant find it but it is reletivaly recent. he use a product that is made to de chrome car parts, ill try my hardest to find the article and tell you the product.

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Saturday, July 24, 2004 12:28 PM

Yes, Easy-Off in the yellow can works very well but Castrol Super Clean is even better for removing paint. I am not sure which is better for chrome but I would put my money on the Castrol.
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SNOOPY

Member since
December 2002

Posted by SNOOPY on Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:44 AM

I heard that Easy-Off Oven Cleaner will also de-chrome parts. Is that true or will it also dissolve the plastic. I really don't have time to scratch build parts.

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der_jackal

Member since
December 2002

Posted by der_jackal on Friday, July 23, 2004 5:55 PM

Simple Green or Castrol Super Clean will de-chrome them. Give the parts a wash aftwards and be careful if you use Super Clean, it'll degrease your hands which is a bad thing ;)

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SNOOPY

Member since
December 2002

Posted by SNOOPY on Friday, July 23, 2004 5:21 PM

SWANNY - There is some on A and B. I am wondering if I prime over the chrome, will it want to at a later date to peel off or is the primer hot enough to attack the chrome and bite into the plastic surface? Do you know what I mean? Or does Testor primer not do that. I was planning on priming with Testor primer and then probably using Tamiya gloss paint (acrylic paints) to actually paint the car.

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Swanny

Member since
February 2003
From: Sandusky Ohio, USA

Posted by Swanny on Friday, July 23, 2004 12:09 PM

Kind of depends on where that chrome residue is. Is it on the A surface or the B surface? I do a lot of 1:1 paint removal for the auto industry and many times they don't really care if there is residue on the B surface and just recoat overtop it.

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SNOOPY

Member since
December 2002

Chromed Parts....No Want!

Posted by SNOOPY on Friday, July 23, 2004 11:43 AM

I am building a car, I will leave un-named because I have only been working on it for a little over a year now and I have ask question in the past about this car, so any way, I have chrome parts that should not be chromed. I wrote to FSM once and Paul boyer suggested using Clorox bleach to remove the chrome. Well, for the most of each part it did remove the chrome but in certain areas there is still a lot of chrome. I have let them soak for a couple of days, I have shaken them in the bleach for minutes, and I have tried using a brush on them after soaking. Any other ideas to completely remove the chrome or am I being to picky and should just prime them and then paint? Any ideas or recommendations would be appreciated and helpful. The boss won't let me get any more kits until I finish some of the ones I already have. Disapprove [V]

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