I discovered something new today!
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I discovered something new today!
So I was going to prep my bed rails and paint them black after numerous attempts at getting them sparkling clean (I got them for free oxidized as hell, so I was trying to make them like new again).
I decided to spray some paint stripper on them because I figured ah hell, it's not gonna make it worse, plus I'm planning on painting them black anyways. Why not, give it a try.
Sprayed about a 8in area thoroughly and let it sit for about 3-4mins. Took it to the hose and washed it off. It creates a gel like thing that comes off. I almost **** my pants at how well it clean it and took off any contamination ie: oxidation. So I went about 2/3 the way across the whole tailgate cover with the stripper, again let it set and then washed it off. Again I was shocked. So I took my mothers ball to half of the 2/3 that i stripped.... And wow. It's amazing what I was able to discover today. Anyone looking to clean their diamond plate up that won't clean, do this. It's like $6/can for the stripper... The mothers ball is about $20-25 and the polish is about $12 or so...
Hell even if you find them used all oxidized and dirty for cheap, do this.. That's what I did and got amazing results... The pics don't do it much justice, but well worth the money and the hour I spent on the tailgate piece...
You decide, what do you think?
Here's the stripper:
The stripper in action:
Here's the 3 areas to show what went where and stuff:
Results and comparison (to the untouched, for the most part, bedside piece):
ENJOY!
I decided to spray some paint stripper on them because I figured ah hell, it's not gonna make it worse, plus I'm planning on painting them black anyways. Why not, give it a try.
Sprayed about a 8in area thoroughly and let it sit for about 3-4mins. Took it to the hose and washed it off. It creates a gel like thing that comes off. I almost **** my pants at how well it clean it and took off any contamination ie: oxidation. So I went about 2/3 the way across the whole tailgate cover with the stripper, again let it set and then washed it off. Again I was shocked. So I took my mothers ball to half of the 2/3 that i stripped.... And wow. It's amazing what I was able to discover today. Anyone looking to clean their diamond plate up that won't clean, do this. It's like $6/can for the stripper... The mothers ball is about $20-25 and the polish is about $12 or so...
Hell even if you find them used all oxidized and dirty for cheap, do this.. That's what I did and got amazing results... The pics don't do it much justice, but well worth the money and the hour I spent on the tailgate piece...
You decide, what do you think?
Here's the stripper:
The stripper in action:
Here's the 3 areas to show what went where and stuff:
Results and comparison (to the untouched, for the most part, bedside piece):
ENJOY!
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