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I recently started my build on my third ebay score, a A stamped gold chassis buggy. The white parts aren't so white and I was wondering if you guys would simply dye them a different color or bleach the white parts altogether? I'm enjoying reliving my youth.

I would clean them up and whiten them using peroxide (Link Below), I like the white part on the old gold pans.

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HI!... Ya just whiten them up. It's easy. I've been doing non stop whitening for 3 weeks now. Get some Hydrogen Peroxide (3%). Pour it into glass bowls. Set the bowls on top of aluminum foil. Shiny side towards the bottom of the bowls. Submerse the parts in the bowls. Get yourself a small desk lamp and install a TRUE UV light. I'm running a 26 watt UV light in mine. Then set the light up over top of the bowls. I run my light about 4 inches away from the top of the bowl. Let it sit like that for 3-4 days. Occasionally stirring and flipping the parts. Sometimes you will have to re-submerse the parts due to air bubbles forming due to the chemical reaction happening and lifting them to the surface. If you live in a warm climate where it's sunny most of the time just put the bowls outside in the sun.




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Thanks gents for the insight. I'm off to Wally Word for some H2O2 and UV light bulb. Thanks again.

HI!... Forgot to add. If the parts are pretty dirty just soak them in CLR kitchen/bathroom cleaner for 24 hours. The dirt/grime just falls off. It also lightens them up slightly. Then use a small scrub brush and pipe cleaners to clean the parts and the holes.