Shining up the trim

[My78truck]

Hello everyone, been a while. Work continues but down to the nitty gritty - aka shining up my trim. This is the original trim and looks..........cloudy. I have tried softscrub, aluminium polish and many other things. I would like to get it looking better and keep it from getting cloudy again. Also, need to do some work on the tailgate band and the band across the back of the cab. Both are brushed aluminium so do not want to mess that up.

Thanks for all your help.

 

[Soundmound]

0000 steel wool is supposed to be very good at bringing trim back

 

[FireTruck1984]

Hello everyone, been a while. Work continues but down to the nitty gritty - aka shining up my trim. This is the original trim and looks..........cloudy. I have tried softscrub, aluminium polish and many other things. I would like to get it looking better and keep it from getting cloudy again. Also, need to do some work on the tailgate band and the band across the back of the cab. Both are brushed aluminium so do not want to mess that up.

Thanks for all your help.

@My78truck See my answer to your Question in the @Swims350 post

 

[fast 99]

Aluminum trim is anodized. In the past [on parts made out of unobtanium] have gone to a chrome shop and had them strip off the coating and polish. But the trim will oxidize afterward so the trim will need to be re-polished occasionally like aluminum wheel would or clear coated.

edit, there might be shops that can re-apply the coating. Anodizing is horrible on the environment and has been legislated out of most areas. There are also several different kinds. On a part that is reproduced it probably won't make economic sense.