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JoeKan · 05-29-2010, 08:24 PM

I have my emblem -- chevorlet/C10 -- that goes on the side of my burb. It's chrome but it has paint on it. I've tried taking a knife and gently scrape it off cut still leave little scratches on it. Is there something else that would work better?
I was thinking of cleaning it with gas, but I'm afraid it would take the chrome off.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Joe

ray_mcavoy · 05-29-2010, 09:58 PM

Hi Joe,

I usually use lacquer thinner and/or 000 steel wool to remove paint from chrome emblems and trim.

Doesn't scratch or damage the chrome at all. I wouldn't recommend it for the "chrome" plated plastic emblems on newer vehicles, but on the older metal real-chrome emblems it works great.

piecesparts · 05-30-2010, 07:24 PM

AGREE, that works in my garage.

**71blksuper4x4** · 05-31-2010, 01:48 AM

x3 on the steel wool, but normally I use windex as sometimes I am out of thinner. Trevor

Schralper · 06-01-2010, 08:16 PM

try a lil paint stripper.
steel wool will work but it DOES scratch the chrome, minutely. chrome is only a couple microns thick. which is why you see old doorknobs and toasters, etc w/ a goldish tint. that's the nickel underneath the chrome. simichrome works real good for polishing.

JoeKan · 06-01-2010, 10:14 PM

Thanks everyone for the help. I have been putting my burb back together after it had been painted and what I was wanting to clean up was the emblem that goes on the front front fenders right behind the the tires that reads: "custom/10." My first post I mis-spoke and said it was "chevrolet/10."
But the more I look at this emblem I'm wondering if it isn't suppose to have paint inside the letterings. I saw in my classic chevys catolog that the ones they were selling looked like it had paint on it, but didn't state the colors.
I'm not sure one way or the other so I will stand by until someone can tell me.
Thank you,
Joe

**special-K** · 06-03-2010, 06:29 PM

The emblems should be matte black in the "Custom" letter centers.If it`s paint you need to remove I always use paint stripper.It has no effect on the chrome at all.

05-29-2010, 08:24 PM	#1
JoeKan Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 707	Getting paint off chrome I have my emblem -- chevorlet/C10 -- that goes on the side of my burb. It's chrome but it has paint on it. I've tried taking a knife and gently scrape it off cut still leave little scratches on it. Is there something else that would work better? I was thinking of cleaning it with gas, but I'm afraid it would take the chrome off. Any ideas? Thanks, Joe

05-29-2010, 09:58 PM	#2
ray_mcavoy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sherman, ME Posts: 2,354	Re: Getting paint off chrome Hi Joe, I usually use lacquer thinner and/or 000 steel wool to remove paint from chrome emblems and trim. Doesn't scratch or damage the chrome at all. I wouldn't recommend it for the "chrome" plated plastic emblems on newer vehicles, but on the older metal real-chrome emblems it works great.

05-30-2010, 07:24 PM	#3
piecesparts Parts and more parts Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere Posts: 6,821	Re: Getting paint off chrome AGREE, that works in my garage. __________________ Frank

05-31-2010, 01:48 AM	#4
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,148	Re: Getting paint off chrome x3 on the steel wool, but normally I use windex as sometimes I am out of thinner. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

06-01-2010, 08:16 PM	#5
Schralper Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Orygun Posts: 169	Re: Getting paint off chrome try a lil paint stripper. steel wool will work but it DOES scratch the chrome, minutely. chrome is only a couple microns thick. which is why you see old doorknobs and toasters, etc w/ a goldish tint. that's the nickel underneath the chrome. simichrome works real good for polishing. __________________ http://www.cardomain.com/id/Schralper

06-01-2010, 10:14 PM	#6
JoeKan Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 707	Re: Getting paint off chrome Thanks everyone for the help. I have been putting my burb back together after it had been painted and what I was wanting to clean up was the emblem that goes on the front front fenders right behind the the tires that reads: "custom/10." My first post I mis-spoke and said it was "chevrolet/10." But the more I look at this emblem I'm wondering if it isn't suppose to have paint inside the letterings. I saw in my classic chevys catolog that the ones they were selling looked like it had paint on it, but didn't state the colors. I'm not sure one way or the other so I will stand by until someone can tell me. Thank you, Joe

06-03-2010, 06:29 PM	#7
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Getting paint off chrome The emblems should be matte black in the "Custom" letter centers.If it`s paint you need to remove I always use paint stripper.It has no effect on the chrome at all. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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