"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123)
08/17/2013 at 15:03 • Filed to: None
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"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123)
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Cleaning wheels/hubcaps. And not plain Jane 5 spokes. PITA ones. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I picked up these hubcaps, wheels and tires that were originally on my 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. The previous owner had them sitting in his basement for the past 11 years.
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I don't mind the Olds rally wheels on it now, but the car as a whole is a bit of an old man car, so why not some old man spokes and white walls?
The tires are still in good shape, I just cleaned up the white wall a bit. The hub caps weren't too bad, I cleaned them with a bit of soapy water and a soft brush. The red from the Olds rocket had faded though.
So I grabbed my Testors modelling paints and a toothpick and started filling in the recessed areas one drop at a time. The color I used was "anti-fouling red"... whatever the hell that means.
Looks a bit sloppy at the moment, but that's ok. I let it dry then remove the excess with some fine sand paper. It didn't say what grit it was, but I would guess about 2000? I used a razor for the places I couldn't get with the sandpaper. An Exacto would have worked better but I couldn't find mine.
And this is the end result. It will look good as new once they're mounted.
Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder
> The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
08/17/2013 at 18:31 |
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I like spokes!
I know your pain, I once had to clean a 1963 Jaguar, with spoke wheels...
It looked exactly like this one:
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The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder
08/17/2013 at 18:45 |
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There's just no quick way to clean them :(
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Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder
> The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
08/17/2013 at 18:55 |
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It didn't help that the only one helping me was a 76 year old man...
I did the body and one wheel, he did three wheels all by himself...
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The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder
08/17/2013 at 18:59 |
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I guess I was sort of lucky. These are just hubcaps so I could work on them at a table rather than squat around like some caveman.