Projects - Old patina painting technique | The H. A. M. B. You can use wet SOS pads to clean your chrome up a bit too if you want (not stainless) Looks like you have the patina look already but I understand wanting a little cleaner less orange rust look, you may even want to talk to someone about buffing it out a little, I dont know how to do that correctly myself but I need to learn Good luck!
Customs Vinyl wrapping chrome instead of rechroming - The Jalopy Journal Typically I'd be all for the SOS scrub on a chrome piece that rough, but in my experience, the plating on 1951-1954 Chevy car grilles is so thin that any hard polishing takes the plating off and leaves the copper exposed, except for the die cast teeth
Use household cleaning items on your car? | The H. A. M. B. I also use SOS pads a lot in the shop The soap on them acts as a lubricant while you're cleaning stuff I've used it on old metal signs and tool boxes, stainless trim, garage sale tools, white walls, etc Use it delicately It's a ham-fisted appraoch to some cleaning solutions, but I always keep a box in the shop
Illinois DMV - Cab swaps? | The H. A. M. B. - The Jalopy Journal If you don't have a title for the new cab I think Russco is on the right track If it is something from a junkyard that has surrendered the title for a junking certificate then you will have to deal with the SOS Police to get a new VIN Once a junking certificate is issued in Illinois it is not able to be titled again
Caster on front engine dragster | The H. A. M. B. - The Jalopy Journal Hello Guys and Gals, I have been working on putting back together an old front engine dragster for a couple of years now, as money allowed, SOS Had to completely replace sheetmetal for body and replace almost all tubing for frame , while still trying to keep her as she was in her Glory Days
Hot Rods - Poppys Patina. . . . ? | The H. A. M. B. - The Jalopy Journal Vice Grip Garage sells the same stuff under his branding, he shows using it in some of his videos The product you linked is a clear coat intended for mechanical adhesion over patina surfaces, whereas a regular automotive clear coat reacts with the material under it for chemical adhesion
Why are suicide knobs called so? | The H. A. M. B. - The Jalopy Journal From what Mom said, in her 1940s youth, a necker's knob was essential to excute a proper hard right SOS turn SOS = Slide Over, Sweetie Brody knobs well, Brody came from a guy name of Steve Brody, who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1880s and lived He became a New York local hero complete with a manager, sold pix of himself, etc