THIS REMOVES THE PROTECTIVE LAYER AND YOU WILL NEED TO RE-POLISH THE TRIM A FEW TIMES THROUGH OUT THE YEAR TO KEEP IT MIRROR LIKE!!!
All Pictures were taken with a iPotato, so the shine looks better in person.
This takes a very long time to do! Now if you want to proceed you can. In this guide I will be stripping the coating off the trim and polishing it to a mirror like shine. It took 2 hours to do this rain gutter trim piece.
Supplies:
This is what I used. 80,180,400,800,1200,2000 grit sand papers. The 1200 and 2000 are wet sand paper. Bush Aluminum polish and Mothers Billet polish. I have a 6" DA and a 3" mini buffer with a foam waffle pad.
Before:
Step 1: Remove whatever the finish is thats on them with 80 grit. You can see the difference as you go. On the left is with the finish on, on the right is the finish sanded off. Continue doing the whole piece from one end to the other.
Step 2: Use 180 grit to get the marks out from the 80 grit. Make sure you inspect the piece of trim very closely to make sure all the 80 grit marks are out.
Step 3: Do the same with 400 grit.
Step 4: Same thing with 800 grit.
Step 5: This step is important. Wet sand with 1200 back and forth in the same direction. When done look over the whole piece very carefully and make sure you see no 800 or less grit sand marks. It will be easy to see them and you can touch them up now and it wont be hard. This is what the marks look like for me.
Step 6: Wet sand with 2000 grit in a different direction thats perpendicular to the way you sanded with the 1200 grit, so its easy to tell when you sanded far enough.
Step 7: Use the mini buffer and Busch aluminum polish and go to town on the trim. It should only take a few passes to make it shine nicely. Wipe off the polish and move onto the next section. You might notice it has a blue haze to it now but is relatively shine. This might be good enough for some, but not me.
Step 8: Put on the latex glove and use the mothers billet polish and rub it back and forth until it turns black then wipe it off with a new cloth. After a few swipes it should be haze free and hopefully no sand marks. If there are sanding marks, go back to step 5 and try again.
Step 9: Wipe it down with another new cloth and this is the end result.
This is the piece that goes on the window vents (rear windows on a 2 door)
All Pictures were taken with a iPotato, so the shine looks better in person.
This takes a very long time to do! Now if you want to proceed you can. In this guide I will be stripping the coating off the trim and polishing it to a mirror like shine. It took 2 hours to do this rain gutter trim piece.
Supplies:
This is what I used. 80,180,400,800,1200,2000 grit sand papers. The 1200 and 2000 are wet sand paper. Bush Aluminum polish and Mothers Billet polish. I have a 6" DA and a 3" mini buffer with a foam waffle pad.
Before:
Step 1: Remove whatever the finish is thats on them with 80 grit. You can see the difference as you go. On the left is with the finish on, on the right is the finish sanded off. Continue doing the whole piece from one end to the other.
Step 2: Use 180 grit to get the marks out from the 80 grit. Make sure you inspect the piece of trim very closely to make sure all the 80 grit marks are out.
Step 3: Do the same with 400 grit.
Step 4: Same thing with 800 grit.
Step 5: This step is important. Wet sand with 1200 back and forth in the same direction. When done look over the whole piece very carefully and make sure you see no 800 or less grit sand marks. It will be easy to see them and you can touch them up now and it wont be hard. This is what the marks look like for me.
Step 6: Wet sand with 2000 grit in a different direction thats perpendicular to the way you sanded with the 1200 grit, so its easy to tell when you sanded far enough.
Step 7: Use the mini buffer and Busch aluminum polish and go to town on the trim. It should only take a few passes to make it shine nicely. Wipe off the polish and move onto the next section. You might notice it has a blue haze to it now but is relatively shine. This might be good enough for some, but not me.
Step 8: Put on the latex glove and use the mothers billet polish and rub it back and forth until it turns black then wipe it off with a new cloth. After a few swipes it should be haze free and hopefully no sand marks. If there are sanding marks, go back to step 5 and try again.
Step 9: Wipe it down with another new cloth and this is the end result.
This is the piece that goes on the window vents (rear windows on a 2 door)
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