You can polish plastic?

 

I would say it's probably .020" thick Aluminum formed over the Plastic Cap! Carefull when Polishing as you could burn through the Aluminum !

 

Yup, sure can. Works great on cloudy headlight lenses. These are quite a few years old so look for newer packaging.

 

You might be able to use acetone. I use it to remove paint, ink, scuff marks, etc. Get it at the hardware store.

 

Ok did mine tonight.. Simple deal

I masked off around the wheel bow-ties (don't use any razor or sharp tool for cutting mask tape, too easy to cut into clear-coat).. I just cut the blue masking tape while on the roll to have straight ends, & pieced a nice protective area surrounding each bow-tie.

Then used a scotch-brite pad & just hand scuffed thru the clear-coat & then thru the gold..Leaving a nice 'brushed aluminum' looking bow-tie..

My scotch pad is not a new one, so it was less abrasive. But worked very well & more importantly, left no heavy scratches.

Then I removed the masking tape & put a dab of Micro-finish polish on a soft polish rag & just hand rubbed the area..(it will polish clear coats as well)....

I then finished with Mothers fine polish & swirl remover & wiped clean.. Looks like they came that way.. nice & shiny &.......... NO MORE GOLD.

I also did my steering wheel bow tie too.. Hey, I was on a roll.. LOL

Then added a good coat of wax over all the worked areas..

This was too easy to even drag out my buffer & just get a pad dirty..

On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being hardest, I would rate this a 2 1/2

Time-wise it took just under 2 hrs, but I was taking my time & was enjoying some music & bonding with my new ride....


Hope this .02 helps someone else out..

 

took me about 20 minutes on a Jewelers buffing wheel. just masked off the bowties and polished through the clear and the gold.