Re: Stargrunt Vehicles from the Toystores

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Paul Lesack wrote:

> The only problem I had is with the axles. Unless you glue the axle in
> place (which I would have if my wife hadn't insisted that the stuff be
> able to roll around), the paint comes off of its bright shiny chrome
> surface. Only about a millimetre* shows, though, so it's not too bad.

Go by your local Sports Authority and get some gun blue solution. Its a 
great way to color a iron based piece of metal. Do not get it on your 
hands. It will not eat the plastic though. Its essentially an acid that 
creates a sacrificial coating and turns it dark blue/black. Just like 
most firearms look (that are blued). 

The process is 
1. clean the part with alcohol.
2. swab gun blue soulution with a cotton tip on to the part.
3. wait 2 minutes.
4. was the part in water. 

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