stripping chrome

Nolan B. · 04-03-07, 04:57 PM

Hey I was wondering if anybody has done a "blacked out grill" and had to get rid of the chrome on it. I'm planning on doing this and I just want an idea of what I should do.

Fantom · 04-04-07, 11:59 PM

Sand and paint.

Dannomite · 04-07-07, 11:38 AM

You could take it to a sand blasting shop or you could just grind the chrome off.

Wile E Coyote · 04-11-07, 09:26 AM

But it's not chrome. Sandblasting/grinding the plastic grille is way over the top.

Hence the advice already given to just sand and paint.
Make sure the sanded surface is tight (won't lift off) and any glaze is roughed up to give a tooth to the new paint, and then shoot.

04-03-07, 04:57 PM	#1
Nolan B. IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Grantsville, UT Posts: 80	stripping chrome Hey I was wondering if anybody has done a "blacked out grill" and had to get rid of the chrome on it. I'm planning on doing this and I just want an idea of what I should do.

04-04-07, 11:59 PM	#2
Fantom I'm Polish-don't taser me Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Port Coquitlam TLCA# 16277 Posts: 1,148	Sand and paint. __________________ Mat R. '84 BJ-60 with some goodies, found a new body - soon to start a new creation. PICS or you can see them the old fashioned way here "Idiot proof will not stop a determined idiot"

04-07-07, 11:38 AM	#3
Dannomite IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 74	You could take it to a sand blasting shop or you could just grind the chrome off. __________________ 1982 BJ42 "Anti-Christ" http://members.shaw.ca/VICruisers/

04-11-07, 09:26 AM	#4
Wile E Coyote IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lake Havasu and Kingman, AZ Posts: 1,239	But it's not chrome. Sandblasting/grinding the plastic grille is way over the top. Hence the advice already given to just sand and paint. Make sure the sanded surface is tight (won't lift off) and any glaze is roughed up to give a tooth to the new paint, and then shoot. __________________ ="Are you gonna sit there on that friggin computer all day or what?" The desert dwellin, roadrunner chasin, soooper-genius! '90 FJ 62, '08 Scion head unit, chopped quarters and rockers, bedlined exterior, and mostly stock. My soft wheeler and DD. '85 Dodge Ramcharger a little built, and a little beat. My hard wheeler.

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