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Dechroming
- A couple of tips have come along for this page , so here goes.
1.Soak
your chrome parts in house hold bleach until the color of the
model shows thru. Once this has happened then use some dish soap
and a small brush (toothbrush) and scrub the rest of the chrome
away.
2.Another
one that came though was to use 409 cleaner. The only problem
that I had with this is that I wasn't given a time limit or what
the chrome pieces where to look like.
3
Use Benchleys' Bleche White for removing chrome from
parts. Soak plated parts in this blue stuff for about a half
hour and the chrome just disappears. Be careful and use latex or
rubber gloves because it can irritate the skin. You can buy it
at the Automotive section of must department stores. Actually,
its used to clean white wall tires.
4 I
read your tip on de-chroming,the best and fastest way I found
was,pure straight ammonia.Stand away from the fumes while
pouring into a container,preferably,an old peanut butter
container with a screw top lid.Drop the parts to be dechromed
into the solvent,and screw on the lid.Let set for approx.20-30
minutes.Before opening the container shake vigorously.Remove the
parts,and take notice of the very shiney finish underneath the
chrome.
5 For
dechroming,try using nail polish remover, not the 100% acetone
but regular old nail polish. Not only will it remove the chrome
but it will also remove the varnish coating ( the very shiney
coating ) paint doesn't stick very well to this varnish.
Change Chrome Color-1.If
you like gold plated parts instead of chrome get some yellow
clothing dye. Put the dye in a small bowl with water cover and
put in the microwave until its hot (but not hot enough to melt
the plastic)dip your parts in and leave them for awhile.
Tinting Windows-
1.It
has been suggested for those of us who would like to tint their
windows to use regular window tint that you buy at the parts
store. The trick is not to put any water on the glue as the
instructions say to. The glue that is on the paper is plenty to
make it adhere to the glass. The problem with the water is that
it activates the glues chemicals and then that same glue will
eat away your window. Oh yeah also use a small flat object to
smooth out the window film so that you don't have any air
bubbles in your tinting job.
2.
Paint the inside of your windows with flat black paint or a flat
black wash, just remember to paint the inside of the windows.
Painting Lumps-
I have been informed by others about how to remove the lumps on
the paint.
1.Take
one of your wifes or mothers old tupperware bowl and after spray
painting the model put it in the bowl to allow it to cure. This
will keep any dust that is floating around not to adhere to the
body of the car.
2.Now
for those of us who's wife's or mothers won't allow us to have
the t upper ware bowl, take a box and flip it upside down with
about a 1 to 2 inch gap at the bottom so that air can circulate.
This will also keep the dust particle's off of our kits.
3.For
those of you who just can't what a couple of days try this
drying technique. You can dry in 2 or 3 hours with a food
dehydrator you have to trim the racks but it is well worth the
time
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