Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

Abodybomber said
It's a *****. Been there a few times. The " brown compound" , should be the general working compound , to get a general polish. The Wenol is a damn site better, than jeweler's rouge. ( J.M.O....) Try stripping Porsche wheels, of their silver anodizing. Easy low buck trick, was easy off . Works sometimes, not this time. I spent more money wet sanding uniformly, (beer and wet/ dry sandpaper...) than it was worth. Hey, you learn....
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I've tried the Easy-Off before but didn't have as good of results as what I'd hoped for. I was trying to strip the anodizing off of trim for a '70 Camaro. For the most part I ended up just buffing through it instead. I had looked online for various stripping methods and tried several including one that used lye. I can't remember which solution that I mixed, but one of them that was supposed to dissolve the anodize ate most of the aluminum before the anodize was half way off.

I used up a half pound of the brown compound doing these panels and I had to stretch what I had to get them done. It took a lot of work to smooth out that brushed finish. The cheapest compounds I found were on eBay in the 1 to 2 pound bricks. Harbor Freight's prices on wheels was pretty good though. I've never bought those 'wavy' wheels. I know they cost more. Are they worth it? Are they any good?

I like the WENOL for polishing stuff with light corrosion but I'm not so sure I see much of an improvement on things that have already been buffed. It does a nice job of cleaning off the compound residue though.