Headlight Bezel

[Rusted64]

Hello All,

I have have a question about headlight bezels.

I have what I thought are aluminum bezels, but the polish is not working and in fact, the polish says that if it does not create a black excess, it is not a polish able metal.

I tried chrome polish and also not getting better.

I know that there are options for chrome, aluminum and steel, but I thought even steel could polish.



Thanks,


J

[EZBNGRN]

a magnet will tell you what you have.. they may be aluminum that is annodized in order to polish.. that has to come off easiest and cheapest is a gallon of greased lightning you can get it at lowes or home depot about 7 bucks find a shallow pan just big enough to fit bezel in,cover with greased lightning and let it sit,it doesnt take that long 10-15 min youll see it working,get a piece of fine steel wool for scrubing if its not all coming off,then polish and your done..hope this helps

[unibody madness]

Spent about 3 hours yesterday trying to clean off the chromed plastic bezels on the back up lights from the 61 LWB I am playing with. I scrubed and soaked and tried cleaner wax.
Then I remembered that steel wool cleans and polishes old chrome better than enything else
Ten minutes latter it looked great!

[Rusted64]

Thanks guys, I will try some steel wool in the morning and see how that goes, then maybe pick up some of the cleaner stuff when I am at home depot next.



Thanks,

J

[Marty in PA]

I deanodized tail light bezels with Drano last year. Just deanodized body trim but used Heavy Duty Easy Off this time and a small brush. Cleaned with "0000" steel wool. Finished with Mother's Alum Polish. Turned out pretty good. Go to Google and type in " deanodize alum " and a bunch of hits will come up.

[bird55]

fyi, Just remember IF you remove the anodizing you'll have to polish them from now on because they won't be sealed. Raw aluminum will turn dull-so they anodize it.