Dont buy this

nismored · 04-07-2009, 02:26 PM

im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done

armensti · 04-07-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nismored

im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done

i tired that and the end results were terrible lol i used sand paper and the chrome doesnt come off. you need to spend about 2 hours with the sandpaper to get it all off. i think if i use coca cola and then after few days sand off the remains it will look perfect.

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

I too am anxious to see whether this works on our emblems. A custom plater can remove the chrome, but it will cost you.

ill do it as soon as i get home so tomorrow or the next day ill post up the pics of the end results.

SoCal 370Z · 04-07-2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nismored

im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done

The Cola solution may or may not work depending on the plating, but my past experience with sanding and painted anything that is at the front of vehicles simply gets rock chipped as the rock or debris hits the paint, which is softer than the chrome underneath, and chips to where you can see the sanded chrome material.

armensti · 04-08-2009, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

The Cola solution may or may not work depending on the plating, but my past experience with sanding and painted anything that is at the front of vehicles simply gets rock chipped as the rock or debris hits the paint, which is softer than the chrome underneath, and chips to where you can see the sanded chrome material.

ok so i just got home after a long day. i dropped by 7/11 and picked up a 20oz coke bottle came home and did this. ill wait until tomorrow and post up a picture of what happen to the emblem after being in coke.

The Emblem before
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The emblem in a plastic cup wrapped with bunch of plastic so that air doesnt get out
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04-07-2009, 02:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
nismored Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 16 Drives: 04 Spec V Rep Power: 18	im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done