1968 trunk panel trim restoration

PocketAces just mentioned a place in Gardena for stripping and Bright Dip.

Read here: Bright Dip vs. Anodize

1969cuda mentioned a place in Sacramento that charged $85 just to strip two pieces. PocketAces didn't mention any prices.

daves66valiant, the whole piece is Bright Dip anodized. Then it gets painted. There are two paint schemes: Dart GT and then Dart GTS. IIRC, the GT has less black and more textured argent. Chose which one you want and have that as a guide.


So, for the home restorer...

#1 you need to first make a choice whether you want the done piece bare polished aluminum OR polished Bright Dip anodized. That will change things from the start...

If you want it Bright Dip anodized you first need to get ALL the Bright Dip off. ALL includes the front AND the backside. You can do it at home with yellow can of Easy Off. Its a major pain to get it ALL off, especially the backside. Personally if you really want it Bright Dip anodized again, I'd have it professionally removed by the same shop you have lined up to put the Bright Dip anodize back on.

If you choose to leave it bare polished aluminum, you can just remove the old paint and remove the Bright Dip anodizing from the exposed areas you see that don't get painted. Basically the outlines of the painted parts.

#2 Then you restore the panel's bodywork than sanding and polishing.

#3 Apply the chosen paint scheme's black and textured argent paint on the panel. for black I would you SEM Landau Black. For textured argent used Totally Auto or Herb Parts.