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    paint stripper

    I use commercial chemical or aircraft stripper if it's a well done job. If it's flaking and bare metal is showing, blasting usually takes it off. P.S. Wheels pretty much **** to blast clean. Thanks for the mention!
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    Customizing Tools: Laser Engravings, Colored Chrome, etc

    Candy translucent powders over a shiny / chrome replica base might be an option for you. Here's a "few" from my Powder **** stash ... I have a brand new copper for a GJ member I just finished last night but he gets to see it first. Neener neener 😂 Good luck with your idea!
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Eastern Washington Workshop

    Yes it will and it can look really amazing. Keep in mind though the best powder coat prep is media blasting the metal to provide "tooth" for the powder to adhere for long-term durability. Any fine engraving is going to get fuzzy, and masking off said engraving first is going to leave an obvious...
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    Hello from the northwoods.

    Welcome aboard! Thanks for the shout out @LopezBart!
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    SOLD ~ Extreme Custom Big Block Mopar Dress Up Package for sale

    Custom Holley / Mopar Performance package includes: fully restored low deck Street Dominator intake (383/400 part number 701R-10), with hardware and end tabs, valley pan, big block Mopar Performance valve covers and air cleaner assembly in 7 powder colors, 2-tone new Mopar M hold down and new...
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    Valve cover powder coat strip and recover project

    Fantastic!!! It looks great! It's a pleasure to help you and Luke. Please keep me in the loop if you dive in deeper. Congratulations on a job well done! Thanks for the plug. :rocker:
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    Has anyone rechromed a tool before? And How should one go about it?

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned powder coating yet. Chrome replica powders have come a long way over the last few decades and can look just as nice as the real thing. I tend to use it more as an accent color. Keep in mind this sample is on cast iron so smoother substrates give better results.
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    Where can I get one of these?

    Thanks for the plug!!! :love:
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    If you were given $5,000 free to use towards your shop/garage . . .

    If I was handed $5,000 I'd be in someone else's high heels. Five minutes devoted to considering the question, I realize it's been so long just surviving within expenses that I wouldn't have a clue what to buy. I need a new LED drop light. Billy dropped mine and turned it into a strobe. 😂 😂 😂...
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    Valve cover powder coat strip and recover project

    I enjoyed our chat today @Tizzy and Luke! It's a privilege being involved regardless of how you decide to proceed.
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    Treating bare polished aluminum for permanent shine?

    I couldn't help myself. 😂
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    Stupid Overhead LED Light Over a Work Bench Question

    I found a lot on Amazon. If I remember right they were $108 for a box of eight 8 footers. They came with everything including jumpers to string them together. I couldn't believe the difference!!! Now I want eight or sixteen more. 😂
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    Treating bare polished aluminum for permanent shine?

    Cerakote's MC-5100 is the go to for every piece of aluminum I polish and buff. It's permanent, doesn't yellow, spiderweb, crackle, or lose gloss over time. It dries to the touch in 30-60 minutes depending on humidity and continues to air cure over the next five days. Marketed as The World's...
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    Valve cover powder coat strip and recover project

    Just seeing stuff like that chaps my backside to no end. Disregarding instructions is tantamount to negligence let alone not knowing enough about metallurgy to even be at the job in the first place. I'm glad the insurance came through. Was it your policy or the facility's?
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    Valve cover powder coat strip and recover project

    Though the OP's does look like a magnesium casting, aluminum was used on the diesel cover versions. They're much less metal work.
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