Re: [Chrysler300] 57 - 59 grill U nuts

[Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  Could be a good thing  I keep my letter car in a separate building.

Keith

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On 8/19/2010 2:18 PM, Bill Leahy wrote:
> boom boom (keith)
>
> better becarefull what you mix together...things might go boom boom.
>
> billlllll in hot kennewick, washington
>
>
> On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Keith Boonstra wrote:
>
>     And here's the rest of the story -- Rusty parts like my grill U-nuts
>     that are too small or intricate to sandblast can be a real PIA,
>     but this
>     worked so slick I gotta tell you how I did it.
>
>     I took about an ounce of Lysol blue liquid toilet bowl cleaner and
>     mixed
>     it with an ounce of motor oil. I dropped the clips in the mixture and
>     pulled them out just a few hours later. All the rust was gone and
>     I had
>     bare metal parts. The Lysol removes the rust, and the oil keeps the
>     parts from immediately re-oxidizing, just like when you quench
>     tempered
>     steel. Then I rinsed and cleaned them with detergent water, after
>     which
>     I swished them in naphtha and dried them. I love making the chemicals
>     do the work - just try not to breathe that stuff.
>
>     Next I made a small thin 50/50 mixture of black Rustoleum and
>     naphtha,
>     dipped the U-nuts in there, pulled them out, and hung them up to dry.
>     The next day I lined them up and sprayed them with a coat of
>     semi-gloss
>     black enamel. A couple hours later I laid them on a sheet of aluminum
>     foil and put them in my wife's oven at 350 degrees for an hour. This
>     morning they have a satin sheen baked enamel black finish on them
>     that's
>     hard like a rock. Beautiful.
>
>     I think the old ad motto was "Better Living Through Chemistry"
>
>     Keith Boonstra
>
>     
>


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