Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

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.

On the brown/ Dico " Tripoli" compound : It tends to load up hard, when you are impatient. If you are leaving residue on what you are polishing, you are using too much. It's the main cutting compound,it's your " get quick work done buddy". What is the speed RPM on your buffer ?/ diameter of wheel ? Yes, you need something softer than a standard cutting wheel. (P.S .: You are dressing the buffing wheel(s) , every time you change compounds ?