Thread: Bonnet: how to clean it

I am wary of blasting large wide panels with beads, because of the risk of localised heating; however; a good degrease followed by soda-blasting appears to be the answer.

Check out the website of Western Soda Blasters. I plan to have all of the body soda-blasted on my car; apparently it will remove paint but not damage glass

Cheers Charlie

Hi All
this what I did
knock all the rivets out
using paint striper and a steel scarer and rub the underside
when clean rub the whole bonnet front to back with the steel pad to have the rub marks running the same way
clean the galv. with the same steel pad and Black and Gold vinegar
then put it back together.
only takes time the results are very good
cheers
Ian

Yes I thought about removing the rivets . But where do you find replacement rivets ?

Mike

I used a steam cleaner on a gearbox. It stripped off 30 odd years of gunk without much effort.

Hi
Wadsworth Panels in U.K. have round head rivets 3/16 for what you want
50 for 3 quid plus postage
phone 0011 44 1422822200
e mail keith-wadsworth@tiscali.co.uk
cheers
Ian