Engine pad cleaning
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Razor blade or sand paper, then spray some light oil to keep it from rusting.
Edit: If judges will be viewing it, I agree with below that less abrasive methods would be best. I thought you just wanted it visible for your own use and for pictures.
Edit: If judges will be viewing it, I agree with below that less abrasive methods would be best. I thought you just wanted it visible for your own use and for pictures.
Last edited by Durango_Boy; Mar 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM.
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You can also wipe it off with a little lacquer thinner. But don't get carried away with it. Just a little bit on a rag and just keep wiping the area until the paint is off. 
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Laquer thinner or paint remover. Do not scratch the pad with anything or you may make the broach marks hard to see and lose value to a purist buyer if the block is original.
Last edited by LYLE; Mar 25, 2008 at 12:02 PM.
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Dip a cotton swab in paint thinner and rub it over the surface. Follow it up with a clean rag.
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Melting Slicks
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Thanks the block is date correct , I'm taking it to a ncrs judged show in may and the ncrs says that the pad must be clean
Last edited by 400hp427vette; Mar 25, 2008 at 04:34 PM.
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pad cleaning
I used DOT3 brake fluid on a Q-Tip, a wood tongue depressor cut square for scraping, then a soft clean cotton rag. Several cycles and there's still some orange in the letter/number recesses. A lot better than before though.
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...very nicely done...you can take a needle or pin to "carefully" get the paint out of the letters & numbers.
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Paul,
I took some grief from the wife when I was at the end of this little task last winter. Bless her heart, but she simply doesn't understand my Harley, the Corvette, or the time I spend with them. I'm ready for the final needle technique (thanks for the suggestion) but it'll probably happen just before some show this summer.
Aren't these cars great?
I took some grief from the wife when I was at the end of this little task last winter. Bless her heart, but she simply doesn't understand my Harley, the Corvette, or the time I spend with them. I'm ready for the final needle technique (thanks for the suggestion) but it'll probably happen just before some show this summer.
Aren't these cars great?
