oxidation of window trim - any ideas on how to treat them??
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i will try sonus aluminum restore and mazerna intensive polish when i get a chance
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Just got some sonus aluminum restore and mazerna intensive polish today via FedEx. Unfortunately I lost daylight so I'll be waiting until the morning. I'll take some pictures and document my results by tomorrow night.
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By hand unfortunately. Took much more elbow grease than I would have ever expected. I'm going to need an orbital or a drill attachment to do the right and left side window trim pieces. I alternated between the Sonus aluminum restore and Mazerna intensive polish. For the more stubborn areas of the trunk trim I followed up with Mothers mag and aluminum polish. For my applicators I used microfibers, terry towels, and a more coarse fiber scrub pad.
My trunk was actually the worst looking trim piece on the vehicle, looks awesome now. I can tell a huge difference even from across a parking lot. For my window and trim pieces, I tried a few areas and got barely noticeable differences and some spots weren't coming off very easily. I think both sides are going to be a b**ch. I'm definitely going to see what a power tool can help me accomplish during my next attempt.
...and no I did not follow up with any paint sealant. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might use for that?
My trunk was actually the worst looking trim piece on the vehicle, looks awesome now. I can tell a huge difference even from across a parking lot. For my window and trim pieces, I tried a few areas and got barely noticeable differences and some spots weren't coming off very easily. I think both sides are going to be a b**ch. I'm definitely going to see what a power tool can help me accomplish during my next attempt.
...and no I did not follow up with any paint sealant. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might use for that?
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I made my life easier by thinking of it as "pewter" trim and left it at that. ![Wink](https://www.audiworld.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
This is definitely something AoA should have addressed by now. Bad enough they don't pay to replace it, but why did they continue using it for so long.
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This is definitely something AoA should have addressed by now. Bad enough they don't pay to replace it, but why did they continue using it for so long.