Best way to clean up aluminum tail light bezels

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  1. Fish OutOfWater

    Fish OutOfWater Brian

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    I have a nice straight pair of aluminum tail light bezels. They have some fine scratches and water stains. I was looking for the best method/product to make these shine. I was thinking steel wool or emory cloth may be too abrasive. What should I use to get a lusterous shine out of them?
     
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    speedy polish, I get it at truck shops around here, but it's like $20 per bottle
     
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    polish them.. or sand them lightly and spray paint them
     
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    Easy off oven spray or Aluminum Jelly. What ever you do, it will remove the anodizing so you will have to polish then afterwards. To properly polish them, you should remove the anodizing anyway. They will shine up great using a mag wheel polish and elbow grease.
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    Do you know if Summit carries that or should I ask Frank? :rofl2:
     
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    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    I use SOS pads myself....seems to work great for me
     
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    I used to have plenty of it, but with age it dries up. Gotta use that Kentucky Jelly now (KY)
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    that is definitely not the response I was expecting and way to much information :ban2: :clap:
     
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    I'm always willing to say the unexpected:dance:
     
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    Best way to clean them up and make them shine like new is to take them off of car and use a buffing wheel with jewelers rouge, you cant achieve the shine better any other way.
     
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    the...anodizing ...is what's hard for me to get off..i even tried ...glassbeading...:yup:

    ...:bouncy:...
     
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    Once the anodizing has been removed,,,,chemically, or by abrasive,, I like to polish them on a wheel with different sticks,, jewelers rouge is a good one.. after that rub them again with Meguirs #7 and then get some clearcoat,, Eastwood sells a great spraybomb clearcoat called diamond coat that will seal them. Seal them or you will forever be polishing them due to oxidation because the anozidation is gone. In case you want to know,, I have not found a way to revitalize anodized pieces.
    Dan
     
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    like to use Meguirs cream lol cream....
     
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    Frank,,, sanding will quickly remove anodizing.
     
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