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Old Feb 6, 2016 | 05:08 PM
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Cleaned up my gauge cluster!

So why I'm figuring out all my electric issues, thought I would clean up my gauge cluster and panel.

Took everything apart, polished all the black and painted the needles.

I stripped the gauge panel to bare steel then used a gun bluing acid patina.
Burnished it back a bit with some 400 grit to highlight the ridges but leave the valleys dark, then clear coated.

I think it turned out pretty slick.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2016 | 06:52 PM
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Very nice, I like.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2016 | 11:54 PM
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That's a kool idea using the bluing technique on the gauge panel. We rebuilt a browning this past summer using that method for the finish on it. The gauge panel turned out great.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2016 | 08:30 AM
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Looks awesome. What did you use on the black and for painting the needles?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2016 | 11:23 AM
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For the black I used regular car wax.
Re-painted the black bezels around the alt and oil pressure gauges.
For the needles I used red nail polish.
 
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Nice work!
 
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