A little elbow grease

[moparclown]

I bought these on e-bay,rough real rough----a little time and work.

[426HEMI]

Some times that is what it takes.  They look really good now.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

They were painted??  

  Looks good in the "after pics".  

[422STROKER]

Those look great Clown!

Did you put a coat of something on there to show you what has been buffed already?

Tom

It does look like PCP though.

[moparclown]

Nope,not painted
I think they were on a car from a fire,chemical looked like it was from a fire extinguisher.I cleaned with dish soap first,600 grit paper wet and then 1000,1200,2000 and finally 3000 and final polish by hand with mothers.Now they are ready to boxed and put away for the Cuda.

[sleepychallenger]

that is too cool. they look great

[dougs bs23]

now everyone will want you to restore their trim pieces   
they look real good !! 

[Black340]

that is too cool. they look great

 

[dutch]

now everyone will want you to restore their trim pieces   
they look real good !! 

     what`s your adress...I`ll send you mine

[moparclown]

A friend of mine is gonna be listing these for sale,yes they are GM convertible mouldings.I saw them and just had to do a little cleaning,plus it's great practice.I mean which would you buy?Top one I hand polished,the bottom is what they both looked like.

[VTMopar]

Clown:   Did you use the same process with the last pics of the longer trim pieces as the first pics of the smaller (ebay) pieces?   Are there any tricks to doing this (or just time and patience?)    Can you do this on any trim (chrome, aluminum.... etc.?   Can you damange them if you do something wrong?   

Sorry for so many questions -- but I am truly impressed!   

Thanks
Vermont MOPAR

[moparclown]

I used the same process,but all of the trim pictured is stainless steel.Aluminum trim is anodized,so you wouldn't do that to it.Once you take the anodizing off of aluminum you will be polishing it all of the time because it will oxidize.Patience and practice works the best,get a junk piece of stainless trim and give it a whirl.I have been making some wooden pieces for tapping out dings and dents and may possibly take on some resto work for others to help finance my project car.I will also be trying my hand at machine polishing very soon,so stay tuned for that.

[Jacksboys]

Looks great moparclown   

[moparclown]

I just finished this set of window channel mouldings for a Challenger.I will be selling these because I don't need a set for a challenger,What would you ask for a set all polished?One has a tiny ding at the very end by the back window,but no scratches or any other imperfections.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

I just finished this set of window channel mouldings for a Challenger.I will be selling these because I don't need a set for a challenger,What would you ask for a set all polished?One has a tiny ding at the very end by the back window,but no scratches or any other imperfections.

I've seen them go for $70-80 recently on E-Bay.