I was polishing the bumpers on my Coronet 500 and my Imperial rag yesterday. Since I was in a polishing mood, I decided to do the grille on the driver '68 D100. The aluminum grille had serious degradation of the anodizing, so it was very cloudy-looking, as these grilles are want to do over time. For you military vets, I know you have all had the wondrous pleasure of using Brasso at one time or another! I was using this on the chrome, so I figured I'd see if it would do anything on the '68 aluminum grille...
Guess what? The grille shines like a diamond in a goat's a$$! And it took maybe thirty minutes of elbow grease and effort to transform the look from "yeah, it has a grille" to "damn, that thing has a grille!" I was pretty impressed with the results! Honestly, I did not have much thought previously of using this on the grille before, because of the factory anodizing. But it works!
Pics tomorrow - I have a car parked right up to the truck bumper, so I can't get a couple right now.
Grille restore
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Grille restore
[b]Patrick - 1969 D300 cab & chassis[/b]
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Re: Grille restore
Hi, here is another use for brasso, my daughters used SOS on our counter tops and left "hot spots". After trying many products, nothing worked. On a whim, I tried a little Brasso and it took it the hot spot away. I had to do the whole counter top to make it all similar because of the finer grit cleaning and small scratches were also buffed out. Looks like a new counter top. Thanks Brasso
Rick Mansberger
1967 Mustang "Duke"
1970 Dodge D100 "The Dude"
1978 GMC Suburban "Big Cub"
2006 C300
2014 RAM Limited "Master Sergeant"
517.599.7667
1967 Mustang "Duke"
1970 Dodge D100 "The Dude"
1978 GMC Suburban "Big Cub"
2006 C300
2014 RAM Limited "Master Sergeant"
517.599.7667