A lot of the chrome on my trim has a haze to it . Ive tried polishing it out with no sucess . Is there a clear coat of some kind on it ? Can it be removed and repolished ?
hazy chrome trim
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Some of the trim is stainless while other bits are anodized aluminum. If you try to polish the aluminum you'll end up burning through the anodize and it'll look like absolute crap.
Only way to handle the aluminum would be to strip the anodize layer, polish the aluminum and then have them reanodized.
Stainless should be able to just be polished.
Only way to handle the aluminum would be to strip the anodize layer, polish the aluminum and then have them reanodized.
Stainless should be able to just be polished.
Run down to NAPA and get some "neverdull" in the car care section....This stuff works really well and it's not that expensive either. Just a thought 8)
I'd give Mother's mag polish a try. This stuff has worked wonders on things for me. I bought a dull looking, stainless .357 and now it looks like chrome after some elbow grease. I polished a satin finish, stainless slide on my .40SW to a mirror finish too. I've used it on tarnished brass that Neverdull and Brasso couldn't put a dent in, but looks like new after using Mother's (no offense JBreu). I'm a skeptic from hell but I stand behind this stuff 100%.
pontiacgp said:
I have never heard that... I can't find anything about it online. Why isn't it magnetic? The high chromium content or what?
83hurst-olds said:
http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&b ... 984702a33a
number 1 from that list...
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae546.cfm
I searched, but didn't have the right combo... I'll be damned, it says it is the high nickle content that causes lack of magnetism.
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Thanks for all the replies . From what I can tell , the window trim as well as the roof drip rail and part of the roof rack are indeed aluminum . I did try Mothers and in this application it didnt do much which would make sense if anodized . I did try and sand a small area out of view and once you get thru the anodizing it polishes up beautifully . The problem for me is I was hoping to NOT remove it all . Sanding thru the coating is not my idea of having fun exactly but I dont want to paint it either . Im wondering tho , what caused the anodizing to haze ? Some of it did and some of it didnt at all and some spots worse than others .
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