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25 Mar 2006, 11:52 am
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Gold Emblems
I have a 2004 Civic SI that came equipped with gold emblems, last spring I
had them all replaced due to winter salt corrosion and now it's spring again and they all need to be replaced again. Is this a common problem, and can I expect Honda to replace them ever spring?     
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25 Mar 2006, 01:06 pm
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Re: Gold Emblems
Robert Lethbridge wrote:
> I have a 2004 Civic SI that came equipped with gold emblems, last spring I > had them all replaced due to winter salt corrosion and now it's spring again > and they all need to be replaced again. Is this a common problem, and can I > expect Honda to replace them ever spring? > > there's no difference between the gold and silver in terms of sealing, so there's no reason for a corrosion differential. they're just metalized plastic with a clearcoat over-layer. if that over-layer becomes perforated, whatever is beneath is free to corrode, and being as it's so thin, that doesn't take long. what are you doing to "clean" them? what chemicals?
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26 Mar 2006, 12:28 am
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Re: Gold Emblems
"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote
> there's no difference between the gold and silver in terms of sealing, > so there's no reason for a corrosion differential. they're just > metalized plastic with a clearcoat over-layer. if that over-layer > becomes perforated, whatever is beneath is free to corrode, and being as > it's so thin, that doesn't take long. > what are you doing to "clean" them? what chemicals? I think they are just plain metal plating on plastic. They're no clearcoat over-layer. You can scratch the surface and it's purely nickel or copper. The solution to the peeling is to catch the pinhole leak and seal it before it could spread.
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08 Apr 2006, 01:20 pm
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Re: Gold Emblems
Nothing other that soap and water.
"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote in message news:X_adnas9hb47G7jZnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... > Robert Lethbridge wrote: >> I have a 2004 Civic SI that came equipped with gold emblems, last spring >> I had them all replaced due to winter salt corrosion and now it's spring >> again and they all need to be replaced again. Is this a common problem, >> and can I expect Honda to replace them ever spring? > there's no difference between the gold and silver in terms of sealing, so > there's no reason for a corrosion differential. they're just metalized > plastic with a clearcoat over-layer. if that over-layer becomes > perforated, whatever is beneath is free to corrode, and being as it's so > thin, that doesn't take long. > > what are you doing to "clean" them? what chemicals?
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08 Apr 2006, 01:22 pm
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Re: Gold Emblems
The problem I have is that this is in the middle of the winter, doing
anything to them is difficult because of the cold. "Burt" <burtsquareman@none.com> wrote in message news:sEpVf.48054$2O6.40804@newssvr12.news.prodigy. com... > "jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote > >> there's no difference between the gold and silver in terms of sealing, >> so there's no reason for a corrosion differential. they're just >> metalized plastic with a clearcoat over-layer. if that over-layer >> becomes perforated, whatever is beneath is free to corrode, and being as >> it's so thin, that doesn't take long. >> what are you doing to "clean" them? what chemicals? > > I think they are just plain metal plating on plastic. They're no clearcoat > over-layer. You can scratch the surface and it's purely nickel or copper. > The solution to the peeling is to catch the pinhole leak and seal it > before > it could spread. > > > > >
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10 Apr 2006, 09:47 am
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Re: Gold Emblems
Robert,
I used to work at a tint shop that "gold plated" the regular "chrome" emblems. The best way to preserve them in gold is to clear coat them after plating, but before re-attaching them to the car. Kent "Robert Lethbridge" <bobert2bobert@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:MbTZf.4114$sh3.307818@news20.bellglobal.com.. . > The problem I have is that this is in the middle of the winter, doing > anything to them is difficult because of the cold. > "Burt" <burtsquareman@none.com> wrote in message > news:sEpVf.48054$2O6.40804@newssvr12.news.prodigy. com... >> "jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote >> >>> there's no difference between the gold and silver in terms of sealing, >>> so there's no reason for a corrosion differential. they're just >>> metalized plastic with a clearcoat over-layer. if that over-layer >>> becomes perforated, whatever is beneath is free to corrode, and being as >>> it's so thin, that doesn't take long. >>> what are you doing to "clean" them? what chemicals? >> >> I think they are just plain metal plating on plastic. They're no >> clearcoat >> over-layer. You can scratch the surface and it's purely nickel or >> copper. >> The solution to the peeling is to catch the pinhole leak and seal it >> before >> it could spread. >> >> >> >> >> > >
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