69 cuda grill fix
One down one to go. Yesterday I got busy on the passenger side grille. Since the chrome was still good I did not separate the outer chrome from the plastic surround. I did not want to grind the pot metal stakes off to separate them. As far as the cracks go I drilled
an 1/8th inch hole at the end of them so they would not grow. Then I cleaned the crack with some acetone and got rid of the old argent paint around it. Pulled out the soldering iron and put a spade tip on it and got to melting the plastic back together. I then used some jb weld ( the black stuff ) to fill the groove both front and back from the iron.
When I do the other one I'll take some good pics of the process.
Black looks better.
One down one to go. Yesterday I got busy on the passenger side grille. Since the chrome was still good I did not separate the outer chrome from the plastic surround. I did not want to grind the pot metal stakes off to separate them. As far as the cracks go I drilled
an 1/8th inch hole at the end of them so they would not grow. Then I cleaned the crack with some acetone and got rid of the old argent paint around it. Pulled out the soldering iron and put a spade tip on it and got to melting the plastic back together. I then used some jb weld ( the black stuff ) to fill the groove both front and back from the iron.
When I do the other one I'll take some good pics of the process.
Black looks better.