Middle Console face plate
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Burning Brakes
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From: LAKE BARRINGTON IL
Middle Console face plate
Hi all!,
trying to put 69 vert back together & snap pics for all...
BUT looking at shifter/face plate on console...the whole metal piece...and wondering if I can freshen this up? maybe with some low gloss black spray paint?
thoughts/ideas?
thanks,
R
trying to put 69 vert back together & snap pics for all...
BUT looking at shifter/face plate on console...the whole metal piece...and wondering if I can freshen this up? maybe with some low gloss black spray paint?
thoughts/ideas?
thanks,
R
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you can scrape or rub the fresh paint off easy,
I like to use a plastic razor blade for this, or an old credit card cutup as scrapers
if your careful, and not touch anything else.
and I just completed replacing the fiberoptics,
with Leds, for all the indicators. no problem seeing the leds work now !
I like to use a plastic razor blade for this, or an old credit card cutup as scrapers
if your careful, and not touch anything else.
and I just completed replacing the fiberoptics,
with Leds, for all the indicators. no problem seeing the leds work now !
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Burning Brakes
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I'd like to offer one more piece of advice regarding which paint to use on this project. I use SEM Trim Black in a spray can with excellent results. It's a little more expensive to buy but it flows like butter and matches the OE sheen perfectly. As has already been suggested, the chrome reveals can be cleaned up by scraping with a credit card edge before the paint cures (maybe 10 minutes after spraying). I have an extra console plate around somewhere. I will dig it up and post a pic soon.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Burning Brakes
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From: LAKE BARRINGTON IL
Great info guys!!!
Not to sound stupid...what did I use to strip paint? And procedure?
Had a local guy say not to bother stripping and just coat it and use steel wool on the edges to clean, and a q tip w brake cleaner to take off on lettering...
Thanks for the help!!!
Ron
Not to sound stupid...what did I use to strip paint? And procedure?
Had a local guy say not to bother stripping and just coat it and use steel wool on the edges to clean, and a q tip w brake cleaner to take off on lettering...
Thanks for the help!!!
Ron
I'd like to offer one more piece of advice regarding which paint to use on this project. I use SEM Trim Black in a spray can with excellent results. It's a little more expensive to buy but it flows like butter and matches the OE sheen perfectly. As has already been suggested, the chrome reveals can be cleaned up by scraping with a credit card edge before the paint cures (maybe 10 minutes after spraying). I have an extra console plate around somewhere. I will dig it up and post a pic soon.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Any chemical paint stripper; follow the label directions. You can also soak the part in brake fluid since brake fluid will eat paint.
Some folks say oven cleaner will strip paint.
Some folks say oven cleaner will strip paint.
Last edited by Easy Mike; Aug 5, 2015 at 09:41 AM.
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Hi mpls,
Here's an example of a shifter plate restored using Krylon #1613.
I use a x-acto blade to remove the paint from the surfaces that should show the chrome plating.
It takes a bit of time.
Regards,
Alan
Here's an example of a shifter plate restored using Krylon #1613.
I use a x-acto blade to remove the paint from the surfaces that should show the chrome plating.
It takes a bit of time.
Regards,
Alan
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All the console semi-flat black can be repainted. HVAC controls are their own problem since they have a clear lens in them. Depending on condition, it could be best to completely restore the HVAC controls as a separate job.
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since I had the deluxe interior..I bought new lenses and shifter slider covers on ebay from a vette store... all went pretty smooth.