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Re: steering cowl refinishing

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Subject: Re: steering cowl refinishing
From: joe brackin <joetiger@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 07:58:17 -0500
I used Amorall cleaner and a tooth brush to clean and then soaked in
Amorall until it would not soak up anymore. The upper half looks almost
as black as the lower half now. It looks good for now,I don't how long
it will last but it cheap and easy to do again.

Dave McDermott wrote:
> 
>        Jerome,
> 
>         Great question! I have tried buffing them out carefully with a
> buffing wheel and using plastic rouge. That gets the gloss back but it still
> does not restore the color completely. Since it is always the top half that
> is discolored I think it is caused by sun fade. It seems like the
> discoloration is fairly deep in the plastic. I have not tried sanding all
> the way through the discoloration before buffing because I'm not sure you
> could get all the sanding scratches out without overheating and then
> distorting the surface of the plastic. I have seen them painted with gloss
> black but it does not look quite the same and it is then subject to
> chipping. I will also be interested to see what others have found. Perhap
> this is a part that just needs to be reproduced.
> 
>         Dave McDermott
> 
> At 09:11 AM 2/12/98 -0700, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >The 2-piece plastic cowl on my steering column has become brown-ish and
> >mottled.  I presume it used to be black. Has anyone re-coated or buffed
> >these to make them black again?
> >
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> >
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> >
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