67 Window Frame Restoration Help
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67 Window Frame Restoration Help
Im going to tackle my driver side and passenger side upper window molding next. A while back someone made a great post on different grades to steel wool mixed with wax to remove scratches but the search button is still broken.
Is this right way to clean up the scratches?
What grade of wool?
Is it made of stainless steel,aluminum or pop metal?
Any other ways would help!
Is this right way to clean up the scratches?
What grade of wool?
Is it made of stainless steel,aluminum or pop metal?
Any other ways would help!
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Very fine steel wool. The course will make scratches. The vent window frames are pot metal with a chrome finish. You can buy repops but I don't think they fit very well. You may try to use some type of polish with the steel wool for chrome. This works great for me. If they are pitted, then other than re-chroming, theres not too much to do for them.
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Yes, they are made of stainless steel. They're pretty easy to clean up. Very fine steel wool followed by a metal polishing compound using a dremel tool with a polishing pad works best. Remember that only a small portion of the trim pieces will be visible after you install the new roof side rail weatherstrips. Don't spend too much time cleaning/polishing every square inch of the channels, just the parts that will be visible.
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This is a judgement call on your end, I 'd hate to recommend a heavier grit steel wool and have you create more scratches than when you started....
You can buy a "variety pack" of steel wool. Try using some of the heavier grits on areas that won't be visible to see how it works. A little 3M rubbing compound mixed in with the steel wool works well. Follow it up with straight rubbing/polishing compound.
The pieces you're referring to install along the rooflines door opening, right? These pieces are called roof side rail weatherstrip channels.
On 65-68 cars, the door glass is also surrounded by a stainless channel that mounts directly onto the glass. This stainless steel channel can be cleaned and polished the same way.
The trim around the vent window is the same as the door glass.
As EvilEl stated, the actual door post assembly is chromed. You can polish the chrome, but if it's pitted real bad, no amount of polishing will make them look great. They can be disassembled and sent off to a re-chromer.
Dave
You can buy a "variety pack" of steel wool. Try using some of the heavier grits on areas that won't be visible to see how it works. A little 3M rubbing compound mixed in with the steel wool works well. Follow it up with straight rubbing/polishing compound.
The pieces you're referring to install along the rooflines door opening, right? These pieces are called roof side rail weatherstrip channels.
On 65-68 cars, the door glass is also surrounded by a stainless channel that mounts directly onto the glass. This stainless steel channel can be cleaned and polished the same way.
The trim around the vent window is the same as the door glass.
As EvilEl stated, the actual door post assembly is chromed. You can polish the chrome, but if it's pitted real bad, no amount of polishing will make them look great. They can be disassembled and sent off to a re-chromer.
Dave
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This is a judgement call on your end, I 'd hate to recommend a heavier grit steel wool and have you create more scratches than when you started....
You can buy a "variety pack" of steel wool. Try using some of the heavier grits on areas that won't be visible to see how it works. A little 3M rubbing compound mixed in with the steel wool works well. Follow it up with straight rubbing/polishing compound.
The pieces you're referring to install along the rooflines door opening, right? These pieces are called roof side rail weatherstrip channels.
On 65-68 cars, the door glass is also surrounded by a stainless channel that mounts directly onto the glass. This stainless steel channel can be cleaned and polished the same way.
The trim around the vent window is the same as the door glass.
As EvilEl stated, the actual door post assembly is chromed. You can polish the chrome, but if it's pitted real bad, no amount of polishing will make them look great. They can be disassembled and sent off to a re-chromer.
Dave
This is a judgement call on your end, I 'd hate to recommend a heavier grit steel wool and have you create more scratches than when you started....
You can buy a "variety pack" of steel wool. Try using some of the heavier grits on areas that won't be visible to see how it works. A little 3M rubbing compound mixed in with the steel wool works well. Follow it up with straight rubbing/polishing compound.
The pieces you're referring to install along the rooflines door opening, right? These pieces are called roof side rail weatherstrip channels.
On 65-68 cars, the door glass is also surrounded by a stainless channel that mounts directly onto the glass. This stainless steel channel can be cleaned and polished the same way.
The trim around the vent window is the same as the door glass.
As EvilEl stated, the actual door post assembly is chromed. You can polish the chrome, but if it's pitted real bad, no amount of polishing will make them look great. They can be disassembled and sent off to a re-chromer.
Dave
I will try a variety pack of wool and let you guys know what happens.
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OK, heres the dibs on the stainless trim, I misreadthe post and thought you were on the pot metal window frames.Deep scratches will have to be sanded out witha DA or by hand. You can start with like 800 and work your way up to 2000. Once you get to the 2000 it will almost polish it to a high shine, especiallyif your usinga DA. After so, a high speed buffing wheel (looks like a banch grinder) with some white rouge will give a morror finish. Small dings should be hammer and dollied out first before the DA. You need to be careful since the stainless is very thin. The course steel wool will only scratch and make things worse.
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OK, heres the dibs on the stainless trim, I misreadthe post and thought you were on the pot metal window frames.Deep scratches will have to be sanded out witha DA or by hand. You can start with like 800 and work your way up to 2000. Once you get to the 2000 it will almost polish it to a high shine, especiallyif your usinga DA. After so, a high speed buffing wheel (looks like a banch grinder) with some white rouge will give a morror finish. Small dings should be hammer and dollied out first before the DA. You need to be careful since the stainless is very thin. The course steel wool will only scratch and make things worse.
OK, heres the dibs on the stainless trim, I misreadthe post and thought you were on the pot metal window frames.Deep scratches will have to be sanded out witha DA or by hand. You can start with like 800 and work your way up to 2000. Once you get to the 2000 it will almost polish it to a high shine, especiallyif your usinga DA. After so, a high speed buffing wheel (looks like a banch grinder) with some white rouge will give a morror finish. Small dings should be hammer and dollied out first before the DA. You need to be careful since the stainless is very thin. The course steel wool will only scratch and make things worse.
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