I just bought a Chevrolet 32 grill..only issue the mesh has been painted and the chrome sides also...the grill mesh is in great shape alone with the crank hole...the outer frame does have a couple of dings ..wondering how and what I should use to get the paint off...on the mesh I thought I would just sand the paint off in the front area to get to the bare metal..then I could clear coat it..not to concern about the paint in the mesh at the side areas...not sure about the chrome on the shroud..??
The shell is br*** under the chrome. The screen originally had the space between the bars painted in satin black color. I polish the bars with double ot steelwool.
I just what to remove the paint from the sides...not the chrome..I want the chrome to show...anything special I should use to strip the paint off the sides with..???...the mesh is not as big as an issue as the side panels are..I also thought using a br*** wool instead of a steel wool..I ways always told that the steel wool would embedded itself into the base metal and then would rust..
soak it in a tub of brake fluid. ive used it on hub caps and it works a treat, even makes the chrome shiny
I might just be your helper with this topic. I inherited a '32 Confederate that was still being driven when the owner p***ed away. Sooo... I took on the task of cleaning it up. What a chore. But the grill on this car had bugs dating back fro decades ago. I found an old floor pan that has a two inch lip that is turned upwards forming a wall around the perimeter. I bought some TSP, filled the pan with water, stirred up the TSP into a froth and soaked it for four day. The bugs and other stuff softened and I used a medium brush to get the mess off. It worked. The rust was still there but I used Naval Jelly to attack that and it too disappeared. Then I sent it in to the plating shop to be buffed and refinished. This one came Nickel plated and that is what has been done again.
Use regular paint stripper (Aircraft brand work great.) It won't hurt chrome plating at all. Don't use anything abrasive. If it's dirty, a hard surface cleaner, non-caustic, will clean it up safely, then keep it waxed. That's about it.
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