removing paint from chrome?

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Re: removing paint from chrome?

18 Oct 2011 11:04

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x2 Easy off.

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Re: removing paint from chrome?

18 Oct 2011 16:46

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Well, 3 cans and most of the black is gone. I might need to soda blast

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Re: removing paint from chrome?

18 Oct 2011 17:38

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YOU should have it soft now so a scotchbrite pad might do it.

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Re: removing paint from chrome?

21 Oct 2011 08:15

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Well, 3 cans didn't get it. I bought a sand blaster and glass beaded it. If I had to do it over again starting with a black finished engine I would just go with the glass beading to start with.

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Re: removing paint from chrome?

21 Oct 2011 11:34

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Bummer. They must have used better paint than my PO's did.

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Re: removing paint from chrome?

21 Oct 2011 13:59

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WT100 wrote: Bummer. They must have used better paint than my PO's did.

Yeah, i think I remember reading that they changed the paint on the 83-84 gpz because of how bad it was on the 81-82 models. They used to have to touch them up at the dealer after running the bikes.

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