polishing stainless trim

Posted By: gts1

polishing stainless trim - 05/26/13 06:04 PM

Any secrets for polishing stainless trim on the car.

Posted By: autoxcuda

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/26/13 06:41 PM

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Any secrets for polishing stainless trim on the car.

On the car?

Die grider, 3" buff wheel, with variable speed. Use masking tape and masking paper to keep the buffing compound from making a mess of everything.

Try Wenol or Semichrome first to see what results you get from it. I've been plesently surprised.

Most window trim comes off pretty easy. Drip rail, vent window, top of door, vinyl top, and side window rear stainless are the peices I did once on one car.

It will not come out as good as being off the car and using a higher powered buffer.

Posted By: macmic87

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/27/13 04:19 AM

would be better to have it of the car. seems to me you need to get some heat built up when buffing stainless to get it nice.

Posted By: Daty Rogers

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/27/13 04:40 AM

Pull it, it's the only way to do it correctly.

-Daty

Posted By: Cuda Cody

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/27/13 07:48 AM

If you want to take it off the car here's some videos I made to help (hope this helps)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTxR8LB9iek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc1iY08HU7w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWy9awGv6so

Posted By: 1MYTGTX

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/27/13 03:03 PM

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If you want to take it off the car here's some videos I made to help (hope this helps)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTxR8LB9iek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc1iY08HU7w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWy9awGv6so

Nice videos!

Posted By: HEMIDOG 70

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/28/13 02:24 AM

Great video. Can't stress the safety stuff enough. My best buddy just got his face torn up bad from a piece flying off a buffer.

Posted By: 71rm23

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/28/13 03:35 AM

Thanks for sharing the videos, Cory!!!!!

Posted By: UCUDANT

Re: polishing stainless trim - 05/29/13 02:49 AM

600-1000-1500 grit to get the scratches out then polish.

I'm going to start to polish my darts trim on the car using tape.

With large high speed wheels trim can go flying etc