How To Restore and Detail an Original Gauge Cluster

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by Acksman

This is a great guide. I have been following it step by step. There was only a couple of places I changed things.

On the intermediate plate I was able to soda blast and came out without any warping or pitting. Did a nice job.

Also on the back of the intermediate plate I used Krylon Glowz to see if that will help with a brighter cluster. Here is the Glowz http://www.krylon.com/products/glowz/

Still waiting on a few parts to finish, but will post some pics once I'm done.

I didn't try soda blasting, great to know that works well on the thin aluminum! The glow in the dark paint will keep the cluster illuminated even after you turn the switch off at night, pretty neat.