Acetone the badges?

[98rammer]

i hear/see that the ford guys do it. has anyone done it to their stock badges or would dipping them in acetone ruin them.



Tom

 

[ronco]

Acetone is a pretty strong solvent. I use it to clean high quality coated optics and might be capable of eating some plastics! I took my door badges off two days ago and I'm pretty sure they are plastic. HTH





Ronco

 

[Jeff Clark]

The ones on the Fords are plastic too, but I have seen where they dip them in acetone to remove the paint and leave a chrome finish (the badges are chrome plated plastic and then painted black in certain areas). I don't know how long to leave the acetone on there.

 

[Seed Guy]

some of the black is starting to flake off my badges, im thinking about doing it and repainting the cummins part with hobby paint.

 

[Blue2002]

Don't dip it in the acetone. Those powerstrokes guys are not the smartest folks.



Try putting some acetone in a stryofoam cup first before you even consider using it on you badges. See if you can get to ten before the whole bottom falls out of the cup. Do not do this on anything that you value.



Long time ago we used to use acetone to preclean some glass lenses on a laser. Tried putting a little in the stryofoam cup, ate out the bottom of the cup and ended up all of the workbench. LOL

 

[CumminFast]

Yeah I want to do the same thing. Guess this question really needs to go over to the ford site.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Originally posted by Blue2002

Don't dip it in the acetone. Those powerstrokes guys are not the smartest folks.



Try putting some acetone in a stryofoam cup first before you even consider using it on you badges. See if you can get to ten before the whole bottom falls out of the cup. Do not do this on anything that you value.



Long time ago we used to use acetone to preclean some glass lenses on a laser. Tried putting a little in the stryofoam cup, ate out the bottom of the cup and ended up all of the workbench. LOL

Spray paint will eat the bottom out of a styrofoam cup too and we put spray paint all over stuff. What's your point?



If your worried about acetone, try something milder like alcohol. It'll work, it just takes longer.

 

[Blue2002]

"Spray paint will eat the bottom out of a styrofoam cup too and we put spray paint all over stuff. What's your point?"

Jeff's method might work fine on that plastic. Let me restate myself. IMO I would not 'dip' it in the acetone. Recommend you first test on an inconspicous spot first with a small amount if you are really set on using acetone. I have seen it mess up other plastics, not just stryofoam. Different plastics will react differently to the acetone. Some plastic will deform rapidly, almost melting. Other plastics sometimes can be glued together with the acetone.

 

[CumminFast]

rubbing alcohol?

 

[Jeff Clark]

My point is a lot of chemicals will eat styrofoam, so that's not a good example. I know many of the Ford guys have used acetone to do this with their badges. Check out www.thedieselstop.com (I used to spend some time there when I had my Ford) and do a search on the subject. You will find all the info you need to know to do this. I would try using the acetone and a Q-tip to apply it and have something handy to rinse it off. If you don't want to use acetone look for isopropyl alcohol. It won't eat plastic. We use it to clean lexan at work.