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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:47 PM
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Default Restored some spoon mirrors.

Got some spoon mirrors that were in bad shape, so I tried to fix them. They still need more work, but you can already tell a difference. All done by hand.

Before

After working out the oxidation

After polishing, the one of the left is polished...the right one, is untouched.


Products used. White bottle first, blue bottle second.


or ??
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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Cool so far so good
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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Badass Job y0
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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from me.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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nice job restoring them
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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looking good

btw whats the white blob ****??
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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great job I love DIY
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ezza &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looking good

btw whats the white blob ****??</TD></TR></TABLE>

On the before pic? Its just oxidation/coulded clear coat.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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keep goin
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:09 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MrDanger &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice job restoring them </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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Looks a lot better. Nice work.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1bar_ek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> from me.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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damn, good ****.

i love to see people save things
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:39 PM
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nifty

chuck some pics up when they r both finished and done plz
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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nice job. check pm
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Old May 4, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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hey, nice mirrors ......wow, they look way better than when i had them . great job restoring them.....the left one will be way easier i would assume
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Old May 4, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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Whoa! I need to do the same to mines...Great job!
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Old May 4, 2006 | 03:34 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by quagsire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks a lot better. Nice work. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old May 4, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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wow looks great, nice job
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Old May 4, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdm.vang &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Badass Job y0 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old May 4, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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nice job man
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Old May 4, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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wouls that work for a faded hood?
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Old May 4, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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i need to do that to my fu*ked up CF hood, haha
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