Shining trim
 

What's the best method and products for shining front end trim on a 68? I'm trying "Mothers mag and alum polish" with some success. But it's not great. I realize it's 50 something yrs. Old but it should "buff out"
I used to sand aluminum Harley D. Bottom ends (blocks) with a dremel, then use the descending polishing compound. Man u could see yourself in the aluminum!!! This trim, like around parking lights (grill) is high $ and i'm reluctant to sand it. Whadaya think? OK- After more searching I found a post by gonzo6869. Dated 5/12/2010. Its titled " Shining a grill surround ? " A reply post by"eightbanger " has a video of him polishing alum. Trim from an Impala. He used "Hair and Grease drain cleaner" bought at Home Depot. It's still available for $5.88 for 33.8 oz. Then mothers mag and alum. Polish. It's awesome. Better than new!!!!

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Seem like you answered your question. The drain cleaner is probably lye based and removes anodizing. You could make abrasive wheels with a bolt, nut, fender washers and folded scotchbite pads and hit it with that on a spinny thing.
Then start to polish with buffing wheels and solid buffing compound in finer grades as you go. Sort of like polishing anything aluminum. Of course, it's tedious, a pain in the butt and will need to be redone in the future since the anodizing is gone.