teneck83

Does anyone have a contact for stainless hubcap restoration for 1966?

Thank you in advance

MAD IN NC

My brother in law restored mine. I can ask him if no other choices...

Do you have a pic? one cap or four?

here is pic of one of my '65 caps..... They were totaled and had no "edge" before he restored them.....

teneck83

I have 4 of them in very good condition, but want to make them mint for NCRS. Do you think your brother in law would be interested? Is he familiar with 66 hubcaps?

Mike Geary

I have used Charles Sihilling Metal Polishing in Santa Ana CA for my 1965 caps. Good work.

He will ask you to send them with the paint stripped, since they go straight into the chrome stripping tank.

You do realize that you will need to get them flash-chromed to achieve the original "blue-ish" chrome hue?

Personally, I've never found that necessary, but you can detect a slight color difference between the chrome spinners and polished stainless.

MAD IN NC

if going NCRS route I suggest following Mike Geary's recommendation..

SS409

Charles restored my 66 caps last year. I purchased new spinners.
He does great work and is very reasonable IMO.

66L72

It is so easy to do yourself. The paint from corvette central is great. Just takes a bit of time to mask them off properly.

SS409

I used the CC paint but no masking tape. A small 1 1/2" paint brush and vasoline. Brush it on the areas you don't want sprayed. Let the paint dry and wipe off the vasoline with mineral spirits. It took me 30 minutes to do each cap.

MarkL36

i am doing a set also, used 000 steel wool and they shined up real nice by hand, need to paint and buy new spinners yet. Mark

teneck83

Did you rub the steel wool in any particular direction? Afraid to damage the hubcap.

MarkL36

Make sure to use 000 steel wool, it wont scratch the surface. You can get it at the hardware store and works great on stainless steel. I think you will be happy with the results. Mark

Mike Geary

I would work the 0000 in a circular pattern, like the grooves in a record. Will look closest to the original appearance.

SVXr

I always wondered how the originals were painted? I can't imaging a worker taped off each space, there had to be a template? If I recall I read somewhere that the line is not defined which would point to the use of a paper template.

Just wondering, I'm gonna start mine here in a couple of days.

Dust

JohnZ

They were painted by the wheel cover supplier, using a spray mask made from sheet metal.

SS409

I had them at done at sihillings 3 years ago and they were 80.00 each. I spray painted them myself using corvette centrals paint and used a small paint brush to apply vaseline on the non painted areas. Let the paint dry and wipe off the vaseline with mineral spirits. 30 minutes each max. I didn't bother having them rechromed and they look great after three years.

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