Re: RE-PAINTING TRUNK EMBLEM 1951 PACKARD 300
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Casey, not sure if you are away of it, but using ALL CAPS in a forum is the same as shouting. Better to use all lowercase if you are typing challenged.
Posted on: 2009/11/12 22:17
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-BigKev
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Re: RE-PAINTING TRUNK EMBLEM 1951 PACKARD 300
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This is a good subject. Has anyone out there been very successful at repairing the plastic emblem on the trunk lid? What do you do about the crazing lines. Is there something that will fill them and make them disappear? Tail light plastic develope the same cracks. What would work for one would probably work for the other.
Posted on: 2009/11/13 12:55
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Re: RE-PAINTING TRUNK EMBLEM 1951 PACKARD 300
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If it's crazed, you are going to need to replace them. Nothing I am aware of will remove internal crazing. They are like stress fractures in the plastic from UV exposure, heat and age.
Plastics back then are not nearly as good as the modern plastics today. I ended up spending about $300 on 2 reproduction taillight lenses for my '54.
Posted on: 2009/11/13 18:05
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-BigKev
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Re: RE-PAINTING TRUNK EMBLEM 1951 PACKARD 300
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No way to repair the emblem to my knowledge.As for the lenses I polished mine out.Started with 180 grit then ran the gamut up to 2000.Spent over two hours on each one Their is four on a 51 "300" I challenge any of you to try to prove they are not NOS.It takes patience and time to do so.There are NO SHORT CUTS! Brian
Posted on: 2009/11/13 22:00
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Re: RE-PAINTING TRUNK EMBLEM 1951 PACKARD 300
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If you were able to polish them out then they must have been surface crazing.
The crazing on my taillight lens extended into the interior of the plastic. The UV exposure really makes that old plastic brittle.
Posted on: 2009/11/13 22:11
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Re: RE-PAINTING TRUNK EMBLEM 1951 PACKARD 300
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Kev, I did polish both sides.Worked really well. Brian
Posted on: 2009/11/13 22:31
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Re: RE-PAINTING TRUNK EMBLEM 1951 PACKARD 300
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This may sound crazy (okay, it DOES sound crazy), but stay with me...
With deeply crazed/checked plastic emblems, you can temporarily eliminate the problem and make them look like new by wiping a heavy coating of light oil, like 3-in-1, over the surface of the emblem. Leave it alone for a day or so, and then wipe it clean. The oil is drawn into the cracks by capillary action, rendering the cracks invisible. The problem, as I mentioned, is that it doesn't last long. A month or two for the horn button, and much less time for the trunk medallion. But if you've got a bad one, and there's a show coming up, it could help out.
Posted on: 2009/11/18 21:27
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