painting chrome parts

[Alax7]

Clay bar is all you should need to take off the over spray. If its just the dust of the paint that got stuck somewhere else on the car, it doesn't really adhere to the paint, so just claying will suffice.

 

[G-RELL]

...Then tackle that rear surround

 

[lking]

what about this (whats left of a sticker) its stuck on the paint like crazy glue









and this also whats left of a sticker tried taking it off with my nail but it looks worse now

 

[M4rk]

Acid will take that right off.

 

[lking]

Acid will take that right off.

are you serious it wont damage the clear coat? where can i buy?

 

[Alax7]

He was kidding. :lol:

He is right though, it will take off the sticker residue, but will also take your paint off.

If you want to take it off safely, you can use goo gone or any clear coat safe adhesive remover

 

[manoli]

Looks really good and like marc said the headlights look very good nice and clean!

 

[Stopsign002]

Definitely jealous of how clean your headlights look lol

 

[msgtusmc]

Acetone - nail polisher remover will remove that glue also.

 

[RigsLS]

... use goo gone

+1

safe and affective.

 

[lking]

Looks really good and like marc said the headlights look very good nice and clean!

Definitely jealous of how clean your headlights look lol

now i'm thinking of getting 3m headlight protection film

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=3m+headlight+protection+film&rt=nc

 

[G-RELL]

Goo Gone +10000

protection film couldn't hurt

 

[M4rk]

Don't put any film on the headlights IMO. It will probably burn/discolor from all the heat unless you switch to HIDs.

 

[lking]

Don't put any film on the headlights IMO. It will probably burn/discolor from all the heat unless you switch to HIDs.

even during winter time?

 

[M4rk]

Even my HIDs melt away snow and ice in winter. People running Lamin-X on halogen fogs often end up burning the film - just google it.

 

[lking]

chrome plate surround

is there a way I can take off the Lincoln sign to sand off the chrome there's about 1mm of chrome I cant get to

 

[dNyce LS]

I used brake kleen to do my emblems. Let it soak a few times and it came of with a q tip. I had to wet sand them and spray them clear again. Then add the colors

 

[lking]

you mean you used brake cleaner to help peel the emblem off? how did you put it back on double sided tape?

 

[dNyce LS]

I used a thin flathead screwdriver to get the emblems off. Brake kleen for the paint and lincoln star paint and chrome removal. I used crazy clue to put them back on

 

[M4rk]

Yeah, I used a heat gun plus a flat screw driver. Emblem was bad, ended up sanding the back and re-painting. I then re-attached it with 3M mounting tape.