[Farmall] Headlight Reflectors and Tire Rims

[szabelsk at gdls.com]

The glass on the headlights ......

The reflective surface is a plating over a brass body, usually of nickel. 
You can try to polish it with metal polish, but depending on how damaged 
it is, you just might polish away whatever is left, or you just might get 
it all nice and clean but it may be too scratched to be reflective. 
Whatever you try, do it on the back side first where there should be some 
plating. The other option is to see if you can get it replated at a decent 
cost. 

 

What paint would you use...

I purchased new rims for my Cub about a little over a year ago. They where 
new, but where primed a tan color. I found that Rust-Oleum makes a 
spray-on galvanizing paint that looks just like galvanized metal when it 
dries, greyish speckled coloring. It claims the dried film to contain 93% 
pure zinc, and it doesn't need a top coat.  Haven't seen a spot of rust 
yet. It took about a can a rim, and I think I did two coats with each can. 
I picked it up at either Lowes or Home Depot. You have to look in 
Rust-0-leum's special paints, to find it.  Look under "GALVANIZING 
COMPOUND SPRAY".  It comes in a bright galvanizing (7584838) and a cold 
galvanizing color (7585838).  Should be able to find it on their website.

Carl Szabelski



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