 Cleaning up Celica Badges |
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 Mar 13, 2019 - 7:54 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 29, '16 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hello
I have some celica badges and i wasn't 100% sure on how to clean them up. There is a faded black background and red dragon, I read i could use enamel paint to touch up those. The issue is the chrome plating its slightly chipped is some areas. Any ideas? I was thinking chrome-like paint maybe. Photo of badges here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=22362683191744416679 |
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Mar 17, 2019 - 8:40 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Enamel paint will restore the red and black areas, but for the bubbled chrome you'd need to have them stripped, the holes filled with silver solder or an alloy braze and machined back into shape, then the parts re-chromed. I don't know anyone who does that kind of work and it's not the kind of thing you want to try yourself on something possibly irreplaceable.
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Mar 27, 2019 - 3:39 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 2, '07 From Berlin, WI Currently Offline Reputation: 18 (100%) |
Don't do chrome paint. It's never really chrome and comes out more of a shiny silver than reflective chrome.
re-chroming is the best way to restore them. --------------------  *1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS *1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser *2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost 2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun. |
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Mar 28, 2019 - 10:52 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 29, '16 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yeah i was looking around to getting the badge rechromed and found one company doing it. However, they were charging a 150.00 dollar minimum. I will keep looking and try to find someone who does just badges
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