Polishing Stainless Bits

[Guest Phil_neast]

Hi,

 

anyone got any methods for taking scratches out of the stainless? my S7 is 21 years old now and is shiny but close up its shows the polishing scratches of the years gone by. I doubt i will ever get it back to perfect, but its either get it a lot better or a vinyl wrap. I have looked at a few youtube videos of wet and drying and then polishing back, but the thought of getting that wrong scares the life out of me..

 

thanks

 

Phil.

[speedtripledan]

i never managed to polish my 2b with any success vinyl wrap would be my choice

[Guest mower man]

Just clean it and then wax I doubt you would ever get any thing like a finish I use good glass cleaner and any GOOd wax HTH mowerman

[Guest Phil_neast]

Thanks for the input, I think I will clean and polish this summer and maybe wrap it over the winter.

 

regards

Phil.

[theduck]

Achieving and then maintaining a "mirror" finish in such a large flat area of stainless is a black art all of its own. Vinyl wrap / paint is the way forward in my opinion.

[Guest Phil_neast]

Definately think I'm going to try a wrap, thinking Matt black to compliment the yellow nose and rear wings. I think I might need about 6 meters

[chris n]

There is a fine film over the top of the stainless steel so no matter how much you polish you won't get the scratches out. If you try the wet n dry method you will end up with dull patches.

[fry61]

You could rub down with "Scotchbrite" an have a "brushed" finish as I did with Florin; 'cause there were so many build scratches that as said above are impossible to remove.People think she is ally panelled & ask how we keep it from oxydising. Might be worth seeing if Terry is free for a day or 3; he likes POLISHING.

[Guest oshiney2]

autosol best chrome cleaner ever but will not take it back to new

[Guest marsbar]

I bought a polishing kit from Toolstation, consist of 3 round polishing wheels and red and green polish.

Have had a go on the wheel arch and it is posible to get a good finish, but on a small area.

To do a large area you would need a lot of patients.

Did a better job on my alloy wheel though.

There was some one advertised on Gumtree in the North East as being to Polish anything he had examples of what he could do and he was good.

[Guest Phil_neast]

Thanks for all the feedback, A summer of Autosol followed by a winter wrap is the plan.

 

Phil.