Best Way to Clean up and Polish Door Sill Plates?

71SandbugCharger · May 3, 2016

Hello my awesome Mopar forum!

I would rather clean up and polish out my door sill plates, than buy new reproductions. What is the best method???

I tried a metal polish, but it wasn't aggressive enough. I know I could also send them to Phoenix Specialty Coatings and Leanna would take care of them, but I want to make an attempt on my own first!

kiwigtx · May 3, 2016

An old rag, cutting compound and a large helping of elbow grease ought to do it. :thumbsup:

Failing that, you cannot go past Leanna's service for a top-notch finish .....on anything.

Cornpatch MO · May 3, 2016

71SandbugCharger said:
Hello my awesome Mopar forum!

I would rather clean up and polish out my door sill plates, than buy new reproductions. What is the best method???

I tried a metal polish, but it wasn't aggressive enough. I know I could also send them to Phoenix Specialty Coatings and Leanna would take care of them, but I want to make an attempt on my own first!

Maybe "Mothers" aluminum wheel polishing kit? It consists of either a sponge like cone or ball that mounts in your drill chuck, and Mothers aluminum polishing liquid. That is what I am going to try on mine..........................................MO

Lionized · May 3, 2016

Autosol is awesome for polishing metal parts.

XMAN JR · May 3, 2016

000 steel wool & mothers wheel polish

idrivemopar · May 3, 2016

If they are anodized, you will need to remove that first, then fix any dents and gouges, then you should do the steps needed to polish aluminum.

HEMI-ITIS · May 3, 2016

I used a diegrinder with a polish wheel. white ruge to buff to polished look

YY1 · May 4, 2016

Wenol?

HEMI-ITIS · May 4, 2016

Screwing onto wood will make life easier!

5.7 hemi · May 6, 2016

The anodizing or "brite dipping" needs to come off first. Use Easy off oven cleaner in the YELLOW can, then you can polish them. That's it in a nut shell.

Brewzer67 · May 6, 2016

If you want an easy tool to polish with, look up RotoBuff on the web. They are local to me in Germantown WI and make a great cotton buffing "wheel" for a 4-1/2" grinder. It has tons of individual fibers and gets into the smallest of nooks and crannies. I polished my Centerlines with them from a satin finish to what they look like now.

71SandbugCharger · May 7, 2016

Thanks All!!!

Best Way to Clean up and Polish Door Sill Plates?

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