4kq debadging complete/belts

[Brett Dikeman]

At 6:56 PM -0500 1/27/02, Colin Weir wrote:
>Thanks to everyone who offered advice on removing the gunk underneath
>my 4k badges. Two afternoons of WD-40 and some fingernail scraping
>did the trick. Its not something I'd want to do on a daily basis, but
>it wasn't very difficult. As per list comments, the paint underneath
>the badges is now of a different consistency than the paint outside,
>which has been weathering for 17 years. It was an amazing day in OH,
>up into the 50s F. I washed the car after all the gunk came off. The
>paint difference is less noticeable now, but still there if you look
>for it.

Some paintwork cleaner(I like Pinnacle) followed by a good
glaze(Omega glaze by one grand is very nice) and then a good paste
wax(take your pick) will help enormously, unless the paint is
bleached/oxidized.  You should start out going over the entire hood
with a cloth(100% cotton only)+the cleaner and then use a foam pad to
do a second round to eliminate swirly marks.  Apply glaze+wax
w/sponge only.


>My next trick will be replacing the belts

While I'm writing the message, does anyone know what the 'preferred'
brand of belt is?  My belts are squealing quite obnoxiously and
probably long overdue...I could swear I remember someone saying that
non-preferred-brand/kind belts squeal...

B
--
----
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/bdikeman.asc	(PGP Public Key)