STAINLESS AND TRIM BUFFING

[jaxops]

I have a jar of eastwood's stainless buffing paste and a small wheel. Any tips for buffing out interior and exterior trim pieces that I should know of (other than trying not to burn the metal with the wheel)?

[Coley]

I am not familiar with the Eastwood kits but I use a stainless compound that I buy from my local plating shop. That is used to clean the metal, then I use a

polishing compound to put a good bright shine on the part. Be sure to hold the parts low on the buffing wheel, use a guard of some kind over the top of the wheel to keep compound off your face. You don't need to push really hard and overheat the metal if you use a good compound.

[jaxops]

Thank you Coley. I knew there was a few tips that I would miss. I am working the smaller parts that aren't pitted and just need a cleanup and buff up.

Thanks again!

[Guest imported_CarFreak]

Hold onto the part good so that it doesn't get pulled out of your hands and go flying across the room. Make sure that you have a good size work area so compound isn't getting sprayed on everything. Oh, and don't use too much compound - it will just get sprayed around and wasted.

Be patient, take your time and keep checking to see how the piece that you are working on is coming along.

[6219_Rules]

I was wondering about this myself. My door plates are all crusty with white stuff. I do not have a wheel but prefer to use old hand muscle (it's cheaper). Should I first try and remove the scale with a Lime remover or will any metal polishing compound work? And then once clean and bright, how do you paint the black patterns in again effectively? I have cleaned and repainted the headlight bezels and they look terrific.

Thanks again!