‘34 Deluxe sill plate color, evaporust results

Guardian1fox2

I was curious as to what the original sill plates were painted. I would imagine black, but mine are pointless from years of use. I recently used Evaporust and got them looking brand new and next step will be to paint, but want to get it right. 

Check this out, the original tools that came with the car were completely covered in surface rust. Soaked them in the solution and it is simply incredible. Of course I forgot to take pics of the sill plates I did but equal results:

Toddh

I believe they were painted the same color as the grill vanes.  Paint color was called Velochrome and it’s closest modern equivalent is the satin silver wheel paint. 

Guardian1fox2

Toddh said:

I believe they were painted the same color as the grill vanes.  Paint color was called Velochrome and it’s closest modern equivalent is the satin silver wheel paint. 

When you say grille vanes, are you speaking of these? I thought they were chromed but can’t tell as they are oxidized.

Toddh

On my ‘34 Terraplane, they’re not chromed but painted.  I forgot that you have a Hudson.  They may be chromed but I’m not certain.  Regardless, I do believe your door sills are painted with Velachrome.  

tigermoth

The grills were painted and not nickel or chrome plated? I did not know that. 

Regards, Tom

tigermoth

By ‘35 the surround for the insert was stainless. 

Regards, Tom

Guardian1fox2

Wow Fogey I need my grille that shiny! I’m pretty sure mine was chromed as well. The windshield trim is also chrome. I’ll be painting those sills this week so I’ll see if I can find that color paint. Fogey can you post a pic of your door sill plates? In the spirit of the previous owner he worked hard to keep things correct I’d like to do the same. 

Guardian1fox2

Oh gotcha. Man ima go take a pic of my grille maybe y’all can tell if it was painted or chromed. I mean, I feel if it was painted that’ll be WAY cheaper than chroming that bad boy lol I’ll post pic of the sill plates as well now that I got them pretty much cleaned up and ready for whatever ima do. 

Guardian1fox2

Old Fogey UK said:

Guardian1fox2 said:

Oh gotcha. Man ima go take a pic of my grille maybe y’all can tell if it was painted or chromed. I mean, I feel if it was painted that’ll be WAY cheaper than chroming that bad boy lol I’ll post pic of the sill plates as well now that I got them pretty much cleaned up and ready for whatever ima do. 

Do you have a mesh stone guard behind the grille ?
I have one but haven't noticed them on other 34s and 35s I've seen - maybe I'm just fortunate that mine survived.
I painted mine black - it would probably have looked better in silver but it's done now and I don't want the hassle of removing and dismantling the cowl and grille.

Hmm not sure? I’m about to take a pic on the way out to work. Here are a pic of my rear door sill plates. They were covered in surface rust and gunk. I only had a little bit of the evaporust left after spilling it, so I flipped them over at the 6 hour point and it still came out good. Still need to do a little more prep before I paint:

They are steel and not alloy as they are strong with a magnet.

Guardian1fox2

Here’s a close up on my grille. Looking closely I can tell that it is indeed painted that silver color, however I need to polish that stainless trim and the chrome center piece. I’ll look and see if there’s any info on removing that grille I’ve never done it. 

Also. Slightly annoying when I upload pics from my phone as I never use desktop, it’s always sideways lol.

Guardian1fox2

I’d like to remove trim, and clean it up off the car, but I’m afraid to pull it off and peel the paint off the car. Do not wanna remove radiator to remove that grille I’ll use scotch tape before I do that 😂

Guardian1fox2

So that ring trim ring around the grille that’s painted, is that stainless? While the straight piece down the middle chrome? With my big motor that’s got a controller on it I used to use for buffing and French wheels pipes, if I can get it off without damaging it or peeling paint, with all my wheels and compound blocks I could make that thing shine like chrome. I need to move it into the garage so I can plug it back up! Start a business 😂

Toddh

The stone mesh behind the grill is supposed to be semi gloss black