[canthink344]

Has anyone found a good product, or set of products to clean and shine the silver trim around the windows?

From what ive heard, the dull-ness comes from the poor water quality around LA. Which, I live in portland (where our water is pretty good) but the prior owner lived in LA and apperently used alot of automated carwashes.

[UberClean]

Yea im pretty sure thats deposits from hard water, every one I see more than a few years old in south florida has the same thing, I havent found anything that worked yet

[Ryan323i]

I've seen some threads on here where people used P21S finish restorer with good results. I'm going to be getting some when the weather warms up.

[pander5]

A mixture of P21S Multi Surface Finish Restorer mixed with some finer polish is like magic! I take a 4" white pad on my rotary and a pea sized dollup of P21 MSFR and then mix in some 1Z Metallic Polish on the pad. Ratio of P21 to 1Z is about 1:5. I buff the metal trim and then follow that with an AIO product and they come out brilliant again. Then seal. I've also used this method by hand and a MF applicator.

Be somewhat careful with the MSFR, it is like a compound in grittiness. I use this method on door handle recesses that are heavily scratched.

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Originally Posted by pander5

A mixture of P21S Multi Surface Finish Restorer mixed with some finer polish is like magic! I take a 4" white pad on my rotary and a pea sized dollup of P21 MSFR and then mix in some 1Z Metallic Polish on the pad. Ratio of P21 to 1Z is about 1:5. I buff the metal trim and then follow that with an AIO product and they come out brilliant again. Then seal. I've also used this method by hand and a MF applicator.

Be somewhat careful with the MSFR, it is like a compound in grittiness. I use this method on door handle recesses that are heavily scratched.

Nice tip pander

I never thought of mixing the Finish Restorer with a lighter polish. Thanks for sharing, I'll have to try this technique out in the spring.