'70 Duster - First MOPAR Build
I've been holding off on some mechanical stuff, because I need to order parts. So, boredom has forced me to start tackling small jobs that will need to be done sooner or later. Been going hard on the buffer wheel, polishing any trim pieces that I can save. So, I thought I'd document one just to show the power of different rouges. It's really hard to get decent pics with a cell phone camera, but here we go...
I use a 6 step process. Wash & dry with warm water and liquid dish soap, dent repair and wet sand, black rouge, green rouge, red rouge, white rouge. Some folks prefer to use the red rouge last, but I have better results going red then white.
Here is a piece of window trim. This is the final piece, I already polished the others.
First, I knocked out a couple of dings. Then wet sanded with 600 grit on my 3" pneumatic gun. You can see how the wet sand leaves a nicely scuffed base to work with.
On a piece this size, I work in 10 minute segments. I find that to be enough time per rouge. Here it is after the black rouge...
After the green rouge...
After the red rouge...
And the final pass with white rouge...
In my opinion, it's well worth the time and minimal effort to bring these back to life. It's never a bad thing to have your trim and chrome pieces gleaming in the sun light!
I've been holding off on some mechanical stuff, because I need to order parts. So, boredom has forced me to start tackling small jobs that will need to be done sooner or later. Been going hard on the buffer wheel, polishing any trim pieces that I can save. So, I thought I'd document one just to show the power of different rouges. It's really hard to get decent pics with a cell phone camera, but here we go...
I use a 6 step process. Wash & dry with warm water and liquid dish soap, dent repair and wet sand, black rouge, green rouge, red rouge, white rouge. Some folks prefer to use the red rouge last, but I have better results going red then white.
Here is a piece of window trim. This is the final piece, I already polished the others.
First, I knocked out a couple of dings. Then wet sanded with 600 grit on my 3" pneumatic gun. You can see how the wet sand leaves a nicely scuffed base to work with.
On a piece this size, I work in 10 minute segments. I find that to be enough time per rouge. Here it is after the black rouge...
After the green rouge...
After the red rouge...
And the final pass with white rouge...
In my opinion, it's well worth the time and minimal effort to bring these back to life. It's never a bad thing to have your trim and chrome pieces gleaming in the sun light!