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    Removing gold plating from emblems?

    I've got some center caps from another car that have gold plating on the emblem and I was wondering if anyone knows what to use to take this off to leave the emblem silver. I was thinking about paint stripper but it might be too harsh on it and possibly deform it. Lightly sanding it would take too long since the emblem is pretty small and fragile. Any other ideas or compounds that are made for this?

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    Edit 7/19/09
    DIY for this

    http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...24#post2138124
    Last edited by lo_dit; 07-20-2009, 12:01 AM.

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    #2
    i would have said sanding


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      #3
      if you let it soak in bleach for 24 hours it'll take off the chrome plating but it'll leave it bare plastic. I did it with my honda embem.

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        #4
        if it's really "gold" plated.. try dipping or coat with some Mercury(Hg) on it.. read on mercury and gold..

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          #5
          usually gold plating is pretty fragile. i'd try mag and aluminum polish on it. that would probably wear it off. later.
          Avoiding dirt at all costs

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            Originally posted by ikayto View Post
            if you let it soak in bleach for 24 hours it'll take off the chrome plating but it'll leave it bare plastic. I did it with my honda embem.
            yeah i'm not looking to take it all the way to bare plastic quite yet. i'll keep it in mind though, thanks.

            Originally posted by casterX View Post
            if it's really "gold" plated.. try dipping or coat with some Mercury(Hg) on it.. read on mercury and gold..
            i'll read into that

            Originally posted by TypeG View Post
            usually gold plating is pretty fragile. i'd try mag and aluminum polish on it. that would probably wear it off. later.
            yeah i just talked to my friend and he did it to his lexus emblems and it got most of it off, i will probably go this route and just take my time.

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              aluminum polish almost took off mine



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                Originally posted by Night Wolf View Post
                aluminum polish almost took off mine
                lol is that a good or bad thing?

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                  #9
                  mothers aluminum polish worked, check first post for my DIY.

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