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Location: North Carolina | Today I was blessed to find a lot of the pieces I needed for my 59 Sport fury. Some of the pieces are very clean, some will require a little work but are better than what I have. In the past I tried common cleaners on some trim & it came out cloudy. What are some suggestions on cleaning various trim pieces and what to avoid? Thanks |
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Location: Southern California | Try Quick-Glo.com. The best!
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Location: N.W. Fla. | Stainless trim can be cleaned of paint & polished with wadded up aluminum foil. |
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Location: Hayward, Calif | I use 'Blue Magic ' Metal Polish Cream. Comes in a small 7 oz. jar. I polished all of the stainless and aluminum trim on my 65 New Yorker. I put a buffing pad on my variable speed grinder, at slow speed. I clamped it down to a bench so I would have control of the polishing. It gets kinda messy as the spinning pad wants to sling it out. But I got show room results. It won't take out deep scratches. For that professional help will be needed. I bought it at O'Rielly's. Wasn't very expensive as I remember. I've also used an electric tooth brush with rechargeable batteries. Don't use the spinning buffing pad anywhere near the wife's washer/dryer, unless you subconsiously have a death wish !! Jerry |
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Location: ZH, Switzerland | I'm going to use aluminium foil as well for the stainless steel trim. Harder to clean IMHO are the inside trims around the rear window and the windshield. These are not stainless steel, but I assume die cast parts. For that I'll follow sermeys proposal. Because I have to clean really all of the inside trims of my Letter when it's here. Happy Motoring! Dieter |
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I would be leery of any product that claims to work on both chrome and aluminum.
Avoid any chrome cleaner that contains an abrasive, the abrasive leaves tiny scratches that often dull the chrome finish.
If the aluminum trim is anodized, you're better off stripping the anodized coating before trying to restore it. |
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Location: ALABAMA, HEART OF DIXIE | Kungfupanda - 2015-04-04 6:50 PM Today I was blessed to find a lot of the pieces I needed for my 59 Sport fury. Some of the pieces are very clean, some will require a little work but are better than what I have. In the past I tried common cleaners on some trim & it came out cloudy. What are some suggestions on cleaning various trim pieces and what to avoid? Thanks Beware of liquid cleaners and polishes, Most contain acids, (never dull, brasso, etc.), that do the cleaning but continue to etch the metal, even after buffing. There is a liquid product called "Brite Boy" that works well. Heavy scuffs and scratches will need to be sanded out of stainless, then buffed with a multi level series of polish compound sticks (gray to cut, green to obtain a consistant surface and white, (rough), for the final shine,and a buffing wheel, Best to use a different wheel for each level of buffing. Be sure to wear hand, body and face production while buffing. Be very careful with aluminum. It's not hard to "wripple" or burn through. It might be worth the expense to have a professional do any dent repair and polishing. I have had good luck with break clean and XXXX steel wool on anadized parts. But if the anadizing has clouded then it will need to be stripped. Good luck with the project. Safety first when holding a trim piece against a spinning buffing wheel. Things happen fast.
Edited by rockerarm 2015-04-06 1:23 AM
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Location: Newcastle Australia | Chrome pieces are cleaned easily with aluminium foil and water. |
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Location: North Carolina | Awesome guys. Thanks for the info. Btw, should the aluminum foil be bunched in a ball?
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Location: York County, PA | A loose ball, not a compact ball.
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Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | i've used 3M , ultra fine , scuff pads followed by mother's aluminum polish . they come out real respectable lookin -----------------------------------------later |
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Location: North Carolina | Thanks for the tips. I tried the aluminum foil on chrome legs off of a vintage serving cart and my jaw literally dropped. I've used naval jelly and a few other products before, but so far, nothing worked as well as the foil. It allows me to save a lot of money on some pieces I would have likely sent out. |
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Cleaning chrome & aluminum pieces.
