Trim repair

[furiousgeorge]

I soaked the DODGE emblem on the nose of my '49 with various penatrants for three days, slowly started to rock one nut back and forth, and the stud tore a hole in the emblem! I haven't bothered to get the other two yet. Can it be saved? It was in great shape prior to this. I'll try heating up he other nuts and see where that gets me.

Thanks!

[52b3b Joe]

Mine did the same thing...I'm not an expert, but I am going to try and tig some new studs on mine and buff the stainless out. Places will repair trim like that but you will pay for it. I am going to send my stainless grill to have restored due to being soo dinged up and having deep scratches.

[John-T-53]

yup, there are fabricators out there who can weld stainless studs back on.

The place that did mine in So-Cal charged their minimum of $90 to do it. It hurt, but it was good to get the emblem back on.

[Plymouthy Adams]

stainless studs is best repaired by silver solder in my opinion..quick and easy and the stainless is not overheated..I just welded some stainless and also did one with silver solder..I will take the silver over the other anytime..now if its heavy enough metal like exhaust tips, stainless arc weding is very easy using 310-16 rods..

[JBNeal]

hex nuts are cheap: cut them stuck ones off carefully with an abrasive disc on a dremel tool or die grinder or whutnot. I haven't done this on the D-O-D-G-E emblem yet, but I've cut hex nuts off of other studs, and the cutting does two things: heat from friction can break the nut loose, and material removal releases the tension inside the nut so it'll let go of the threads; this can be seen as removal of a corner of the hex nut will allow the nut carcass to be peeled off of the stud threads.

I've recently taken up brazing, with steel and brass rods on sheet metal and tubing, with improving results. I'm gonna try that silver solder on one of the mangled D-O-D-G-E emblems and see if I can make the magic happen

[Plymouthy Adams]

do ensure that you have the silver solder flux..it is the key to the whole process...you will be surprised at the flow this stuff has..good luck..if you can weld you should have no trouble silver soldering..

[MBF]

Yup-what Tim said. That's what I ended up doing. Mike