- Best way to clean up old chrome (dull and rust) | The H. A. M. B.
SOS soap pads work well 4x steel wool and polish as stated above The FOGGER Fogger, Oct 13, 2009
- Use household cleaning items on your car? | The H. A. M. B.
I also use SOS pads a lot in the shop The soap on them acts as a lubricant while you're cleaning stuff I've used it on old metal signs and tool boxes, stainless trim, garage sale tools, white walls, etc Use it delicately It's a ham-fisted appraoch to some cleaning solutions, but I always keep a box in the shop
- Projects - Old patina painting technique | The H. A. M. B.
You can use wet SOS pads to clean your chrome up a bit too if you want (not stainless) Looks like you have the patina look already but I understand wanting a little cleaner less orange rust look, you may even want to talk to someone about buffing it out a little, I dont know how to do that correctly myself but I need to learn Good luck!
- Hot Rods - Wipe on Clear Coat? | The H. A. M. B. - The Jalopy Journal
Nail polish Not saying it is, just that that stuff comes in a brush on clear coat Self leveling Goes on smooth and dries quick
- Customs Vinyl wrapping chrome instead of rechroming - The Jalopy Journal
Typically I'd be all for the SOS scrub on a chrome piece that rough, but in my experience, the plating on 1951-1954 Chevy car grilles is so thin that any hard polishing takes the plating off and leaves the copper exposed, except for the die cast teeth
- Caster on front engine dragster | The H. A. M. B. - The Jalopy Journal
Hello Guys and Gals, I have been working on putting back together an old front engine dragster for a couple of years now, as money allowed, SOS Had to completely replace sheetmetal for body and replace almost all tubing for frame , while still trying to keep her as she was in her Glory Days
- Projects Ford Model A Speed Equipment - The Jalopy Journal
I like original parts as well Specifically Winfield stuff On my banger I'm running a Super Winfield 7:1 head Winfield SU1A cam Downdraft B
- Why are suicide knobs called so? | The H. A. M. B. - The Jalopy Journal
From what Mom said, in her 1940s youth, a necker's knob was essential to excute a proper hard right SOS turn SOS = Slide Over, Sweetie Brody knobs well, Brody came from a guy name of Steve Brody, who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1880s and lived He became a New York local hero complete with a manager, sold pix of himself, etc
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