lala5818

I'm restoring a 69 Cutlass S convertible. Most of my trim looks savable, I'm looking for any tips on bringing the shine back?

scrappie

You can buy a couple different buffing wheels and compound if you have a bench grinder. Eastwood sells a bunch of stuff. This would be for mostly small pcs. Any larger items probably worth paying someone.

lala5818

thanks, ill give it a look

oldcutlass

On chrome I use 0000 steel wool, water, and dish soap, other metals I use metal polish. There is not much you can do with the coated trim.

Tri-Carb

Do you mean stainless steel trim?

If you buy a wheel, be very careful. Wear gloves and a face shield. You can really cut yourself and you can turn your trim into a pretzel.

Kensey

Polishing stainless trim is a looooong boring process that in my experience never ends up looking great. Wish I was able to get great results, but it just always looks dull. My advice, pay a pro to do it, or learn to live with it.

allyolds68

I did the first set of trim on my 68 convertible myself. After many many hours of work it came out "ok". Handling the seven foot long by 3/8" rear 1/4 trim around a buffer is a challenge. I was fortunate that I didn't wrap it around the wheel. I've since found quite a few pairs of that 1/4 trim for decent prices and then paid about $25/ft to have it professionally restored.

Gone are the days of the rear 1/4 trim selling for $150/pair in restorable condition.

To me, the risk of doing it myself is no longer worth the reward.....

lala5818

thank you everybody