De-Fished, Black Flagged, Black Wheeled....
04-27-2014, 09:04 PM
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Burning Brakes
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De-Fished, Black Flagged, Black Wheeled....
Spend most of yesterday afternoon getting the fish and front and back flags off...Man, that black adhesive GM uses is brutal! But well worth the effort to get rid of it imo! Goo Gone was worthless....WD40 not much better, rubbing alcohol (cut) with much elbow grease eventually did it...water liberally...dental floss worked up to a point, then needed the tint application squeegee to get under there and saw it off...whew! time for a couple of cold ones after that!
Today, put on the "black flags"....they are the carbon flash metallic painted ones from RPI...pix don't even begin to do them justice!....in the sunlight they look like liquid black spinkled with diamond dust...stunning!
Also, put on the Gorilla Black wheel locks in place of the chrome lug nuts...30 minutes, taking it easy...
Then did Gary Dean's rinseless wash, with Glen e's modifications....it really did take only 15 minutes!!! Awesome!
Here's the results....
Today, put on the "black flags"....they are the carbon flash metallic painted ones from RPI...pix don't even begin to do them justice!....in the sunlight they look like liquid black spinkled with diamond dust...stunning!
Also, put on the Gorilla Black wheel locks in place of the chrome lug nuts...30 minutes, taking it easy...
Then did Gary Dean's rinseless wash, with Glen e's modifications....it really did take only 15 minutes!!! Awesome!
Here's the results....
04-27-2014, 09:08 PM
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Very clean...in both respects...ain't rinseless great?
to others: I have a new doc on how to do a rinseless - avail via email only at glenersly@mac.com
to others: I have a new doc on how to do a rinseless - avail via email only at glenersly@mac.com
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04-27-2014, 09:16 PM
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Burning Brakes
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04-27-2014, 10:39 PM
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Spend most of yesterday afternoon getting the fish and front and back flags off...Man, that black adhesive GM uses is brutal! But well worth the effort to get rid of it imo! Goo Gone was worthless....WD40 not much better, rubbing alcohol (cut) with much elbow grease eventually did it...water liberally...dental floss worked up to a point, then needed the tint application squeegee to get under there and saw it off...whew! time for a couple of cold ones after that!
Today, put on the "black flags"....they are the carbon flash metallic painted ones from RPI...pix don't even begin to do them justice!....in the sunlight they look like liquid black spinkled with diamond dust...stunning!
Also, put on the Gorilla Black wheel locks in place of the chrome lug nuts...30 minutes, taking it easy...
Then did Gary Dean's rinseless wash, with Glen e's modifications....it really did take only 15 minutes!!! Awesome!
Here's the results....
Today, put on the "black flags"....they are the carbon flash metallic painted ones from RPI...pix don't even begin to do them justice!....in the sunlight they look like liquid black spinkled with diamond dust...stunning!
Also, put on the Gorilla Black wheel locks in place of the chrome lug nuts...30 minutes, taking it easy...
Then did Gary Dean's rinseless wash, with Glen e's modifications....it really did take only 15 minutes!!! Awesome!
Here's the results....
Looks great! I plan to remove the "CORVETTE" script from the rear of my Cyber Gray coupe - any issues with this? Recommendations?
04-28-2014, 04:37 PM
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Burning Brakes
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The plastic spreader tool is invaluable to getting them all off. The real bitch is removing that black adhesive...I didn't have hair dryer available, but I would definitely try to soften it up before trying to scrape off. Rubbing alcohol was the only thing that really worked.
04-28-2014, 04:41 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Script was relatively easy compared to the flags and front part of the fish.
The plastic spreader tool is invaluable to getting them all off. The real bitch is removing that black adhesive...I didn't have hair dryer available, but I would definitely try to soften it up before trying to scrape off. Rubbing alcohol was the only thing that really worked.
The plastic spreader tool is invaluable to getting them all off. The real bitch is removing that black adhesive...I didn't have hair dryer available, but I would definitely try to soften it up before trying to scrape off. Rubbing alcohol was the only thing that really worked.
04-30-2014, 12:11 AM
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Spend most of yesterday afternoon getting the fish and front and back flags off...Man, that black adhesive GM uses is brutal! But well worth the effort to get rid of it imo! Goo Gone was worthless....WD40 not much better, rubbing alcohol (cut) with much elbow grease eventually did it...water liberally...dental floss worked up to a point, then needed the tint application squeegee to get under there and saw it off...whew! time for a couple of cold ones after that!
Today, put on the "black flags"....they are the carbon flash metallic painted ones from RPI...pix don't even begin to do them justice!....in the sunlight they look like liquid black spinkled with diamond dust...stunning!
Also, put on the Gorilla Black wheel locks in place of the chrome lug nuts...30 minutes, taking it easy...
Then did Gary Dean's rinseless wash, with Glen e's modifications....it really did take only 15 minutes!!! Awesome!
Here's the results....
Today, put on the "black flags"....they are the carbon flash metallic painted ones from RPI...pix don't even begin to do them justice!....in the sunlight they look like liquid black spinkled with diamond dust...stunning!
Also, put on the Gorilla Black wheel locks in place of the chrome lug nuts...30 minutes, taking it easy...
Then did Gary Dean's rinseless wash, with Glen e's modifications....it really did take only 15 minutes!!! Awesome!
Here's the results....
