Restoring grille

[KohrtRacing]

Restoring my 68, soon to be 69 grill I’m not trying to get it to show quality, just wanna give it a refresh to make it look respectable. What’s the best way to attack this? Simply rattle can over it?

I also have some plastic cracks to seal. JB weld? Or a stronger, better option?

 

[MWbirdLOVER70]

SEM adhesion promoter after cleaning with wax and grease remover after scotch brite. I used rattle can and steps above worked for me

 

[WileE]

First off, I'm confused. You note: "Restoring my 68, soon to be 69 grill"... Uh, the two grilles are different. Are you saying you're trying to make a 68 grille into a 69 grille ?

 

[KohrtRacing]

First off, I'm confused. You note: "Restoring my 68, soon to be 69 grill"... Uh, the two grilles are different. Are you saying you're trying to make a 68 grille into a 69 grille ?

Oh yeah, picking up one of these cheap on fb marketplace. Not sure what else is involved in the conversion outside of the chrome, but we’re gonna make it happen.

 

[62Dodge_]

Howdy When I repaired my 70 Charger grill I used PlastiFix it worked great. Now it took a lot of filing and sanding and painting, spray can, lots of testing to get the colors that I found acceptable. I've asked people to find the repairs no one has so far.

 

[1968rt]

I repaired my cracks with JB weld. Came out great. Here is the proper silver to use.

 

[1968rt]

Heres another thread on grill restoration My '68 Charger grille restomod and this Charger grille restoration database

 

[KohrtRacing]

I repaired my cracks with JB weld. Came out great. Here is the proper silver to use.

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Excellent work!

 

[rklewis1005]

I'll be watching this thread as I'm about to start on mine I don't want to hijack your thread; however, if anyone has thoughts on the below.

1. Anyone successfully separate & reattach the plastic from the headlight door metal frame? There are smash rivers holding it in place and I'm wondering how much rust is behind it & is it worth the trouble?

2. Has anyone soda or walnut blasted them to clean off all the old paint? If you didn't can you see differences where the paint is chipped/worn between the fins?

3. I've seen different people say Semi-gloss & Gloss for the black. Is there a definitive decision what it should be? I read the David Wise judging manual and it's not specifically mentioned.

I have a spare grill (worse shape than mine) that I'm going to test the 3 questions on to see how it goes. One of the doors had sheet metal screws holding the plastic on the door frame so easy to try re-riveting it. And yes there was rust behind the plastic near the rivet holes.



Thanks
Ross