Cleaning up your body VIN tag?

Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 13 Nov 2005, 9:43 pm

#428265

Hey all,

Anyone else have a badly corroded Alliy body VIN tag and managed to clean and polish it?

How did you do it?

Cheers!

helterskelter400 Fahrvergnugen

900 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Nov 2005, 10:10 pm

#428277

autosol paste & elbow grease (not much required) for the thin tag. i'v not seen a badly corroded one. wonder how coke woiuld work. best not use acid or base strong engine cleaner.

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62deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,718 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 14 Nov 2005, 2:37 pm

#428449

Yeah go the polish. I've used Brasso and found it to work a treat. On a really bad one I bead blasted it and it looks like new.....

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 14 Nov 2005, 10:32 pm

#428656

Screwed mine to a piece of wood with small screws-then cleaned it on my brass polisher using both the coarse and smooth pads.Then sprayed some clear on it.Also drilled the body ID plate rivets out and had it cad plated.

[ Edited on 14-11-2005 by nbturbo ]

WABaja Call ME when you need a TOW

824 posts · joined Nov 2004 · 15 Nov 2005, 2:33 am

#428678

If you are taking it off the car then just place it in a sloution of baking soda...
(overnight should do it, but keep an eye on it, the stronger the solution the quicker it works)...
It will come up BETTER than brand new and you won't have to drip a single bead of sweat in the process...😏

I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....

Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 15 Nov 2005, 6:19 am

#428688

Thats the clever answer I was looking for, I knew there must be something like that.

I will give it a go. Will hopefully get some pics of the process.

Many Thanks Daniel.

[ Edited on 14-11-2005 by Gibbo ]

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Nov 2005, 7:02 am

#428706

just place it in a sloution of baking soda...

Keep an eye on it especially if you make a strong solution, as its Caustic and EATS aluminium very quick. You wont have an ID plate if you leave it too long

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

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WABaja Call ME when you need a TOW

824 posts · joined Nov 2004 · 15 Nov 2005, 7:16 am

#428711

vw54 wrote:
just place it in a sloution of baking soda...
Keep an eye on it especially if you make a strong solution, as its Caustic and EATS aluminium very quick. You wont have an ID plate if you leave it too long

WABaja wrote:(overnight should do it, but keep an eye on it, the stronger the solution the quicker it works)...

:jesus:alien

:P

I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 15 Nov 2005, 9:18 am

#428747

Didn't read your question properly-I polished the aluminium 'made in western germany' plate,and had the tin vehicle ID cad plated

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Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 9 Jan 2006, 8:23 pm

#445737

So the 'Made in' plate is ally and the other plate is tin?

Cheers