Best Way to Clean up and Polish Door Sill Plates?

[71SandbugCharger]

Hello my awesome Mopar forum!

I would rather clean up and polish out my door sill plates, than buy new reproductions. What is the best method???

I tried a metal polish, but it wasn't aggressive enough. I know I could also send them to Phoenix Specialty Coatings and Leanna would take care of them, but I want to make an attempt on my own first!

 

[kiwigtx]

An old rag, cutting compound and a large helping of elbow grease ought to do it.

Failing that, you cannot go past Leanna's service for a top-notch finish .....on anything.

 

[Cornpatch MO]

Hello my awesome Mopar forum!

I would rather clean up and polish out my door sill plates, than buy new reproductions. What is the best method???

I tried a metal polish, but it wasn't aggressive enough. I know I could also send them to Phoenix Specialty Coatings and Leanna would take care of them, but I want to make an attempt on my own first!

Maybe "Mothers" aluminum wheel polishing kit? It consists of either a sponge like cone or ball that mounts in your drill chuck, and Mothers aluminum polishing liquid. That is what I am going to try on mine..........................................MO

 

[Lionized]

Autosol is awesome for polishing metal parts.

 

[XMAN JR]

000 steel wool & mothers wheel polish

 

[idrivemopar]

If they are anodized, you will need to remove that first, then fix any dents and gouges, then you should do the steps needed to polish aluminum.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I used a diegrinder with a polish wheel. white ruge to buff to polished look

 

[YY1]

Wenol?

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Screwing onto wood will make life easier!

 

[5.7 hemi]

The anodizing or "brite dipping" needs to come off first. Use Easy off oven cleaner in the YELLOW can, then you can polish them. That's it in a nut shell.

 

[Brewzer67]

If you want an easy tool to polish with, look up RotoBuff on the web. They are local to me in Germantown WI and make a great cotton buffing "wheel" for a 4-1/2" grinder. It has tons of individual fibers and gets into the smallest of nooks and crannies. I polished my Centerlines with them from a satin finish to what they look like now.

 

[71SandbugCharger]

Thanks All!!!