Hood Trim Piece


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Post Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:26 pm

Hood Trim Piece

The Hood trim piece for my 1949 KB 3 is chrome with some kind of white on it. The white part is the part that needs work. I am looking for suggestions about a vendor that might clean up this part.
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Golden Jubilee
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Post Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:53 pm

Re: Hood Trim Piece

The white is paint. That is the way they came from the factory. I plan to repaint the white on my KB-5

Golden Jubilee
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Post Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:23 pm

Re: Hood Trim Piece

Is it just a white paint line above the horizontal chrome line? Did they do it only a few years or something, or anything above a K2, certain model or anything?
Just interesting, didn't know that.

FYI just can prob just clean up the chrome real well, this stuff is great.
https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Glo-Chrome ... rch&sr=8-6
Then get some white touch up paint and apply with one of these and tape off chrome.
https://www.amazon.com/BSTEAN-Syringe-B ... 311&sr=8-4
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Golden Jubilee
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Post Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:36 am

Re: Hood Trim Piece

My S series has the same trim piece. Those areas have, or had, a clear finish that flattened the gloss to contrast with the polished finish of the lettering itself. The same, or a similar finish was also applied to the hub caps to make IH 'man on tractor' symbol stand out. There's probably a specific name for it, but I don't know what it's called.

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