seat belt restoration

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looking for suggestions on a reliable source for seat belt restoration, refurbishment, clean-up etc.

thx, alan

[mockingbird812]

Snake Oyl

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thx sam

[Bill Rose]

Be prepared for the cost. My El Camino, front seat only/deluxe belts were almost $900.00.. Not cheap, but quality work.

[mockingbird812]

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Be prepared for the cost. My El Camino, front seat only/deluxe belts were almost $900.00.. Not cheap, but quality work.

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'spose you are savin' up for the back seats, huh.

[P.J.]

Alan
Why dont you restore them yourself. Take the belts and submerge them in very hot water and a good detergent.Swish them around in a 5 gallon palstic pail with a broom handle.Then let them soak
for a few hours. Drain the water and do the washing again.When you have finished hang them up to dry. You would be surprised how clean they come.If they have faded
Then you could re-die them with a black die which you can purchase at a material store. Let them sit in the die solution for about one hour. Hang them to dry.
Purchase the new labels and have the wife sew them on with the appropriate black thread.They are looking great by that time.Then take the plastic covers off of the seat belt(they snap in)
and lightly polish them with a plastic polishing wheel
on a buffer. Make sure you do it lighly or you will mark the
plastic.If you need to replace the emblem its easy to to. Clean the chrome with a good chrome cleaner a few times. And if they are a bit rusty use a little elbow grease and fine steel wool. They will loooook great.I did two cars and they look great
just as good as the pros.
PJ

[Nova Research Project]

Snake Oyl does nice work. Note that if needed the re chrome the tongue which removes the clear plastic coating where the webbing goes. If you have nice part they will buff them instead.

They also take parts in trade. If you have several sets to send it to make one great set they may give you credit for the spare parts.

BTW I have tried the dishwasher (when the wife was out of town) on someones recommendation. Ran them twice on pots and pans with air dry. The gold belts turned out great. Some of the tags were still age yellowed, but they can be replaced.

Greg

[wheelhop]

I just threw them in the dishwasher and then line dried them.
If the plastic "buckles" need work, you can paint them but first use an adhesion promoter.

[P.J.]

If you take 400 emery paper and sand them until the marks are out then polish them on a buffer, they come out bran new.They might only need to be polished and not sanded try
polishing first
PJ

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a lot of very helpful input

thx for the ideas