ncbugeye
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I was fortunate to purchase some Bugeye sidescreens on Ebay, and they are good value, but they need some cleaning up, since there are lots of minor scratches, scuffs and dings and several places where the PO filled some holes that the PPO had drilled for unknown reasons. The places where the holes have been filled are bumps of weld, fairly smooth, but bumps all the same. I have very carefully tried grinding the bumps away with a Dremel tool but I'm not sure that is the right way - the welded material seems MUCH harder than the base aluminium.
So my question is, what are the basic rules for restoring the surface of aluminium parts to as good a state as possible?
I also have scuffs of the same kind on the cockpit surround trim and the windscreen pillars, so I have plenty of projects on which I can reuse this information in future.
Also, how easy is it to chrome plate aluminium? Is it something that one can do at home, or is that a crazy idea?
One of the really enjoyable things about this hobby, returning to it after a 40 year furlough, is that you have to become familiar with so many basic techniques like this.
ps being a Brit I still spell aluminium the old-fashioned way, even after 18 years in the USA, because these are little BRITISH cars, after all.
So my question is, what are the basic rules for restoring the surface of aluminium parts to as good a state as possible?
I also have scuffs of the same kind on the cockpit surround trim and the windscreen pillars, so I have plenty of projects on which I can reuse this information in future.
Also, how easy is it to chrome plate aluminium? Is it something that one can do at home, or is that a crazy idea?
One of the really enjoyable things about this hobby, returning to it after a 40 year furlough, is that you have to become familiar with so many basic techniques like this.
ps being a Brit I still spell aluminium the old-fashioned way, even after 18 years in the USA, because these are little BRITISH cars, after all.