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I was wondering if any has a trick for polishing the Bel-Air dash trim. How do you keep the little Chevy bowties from getting full of polishing compound? I think it would be easy to get the aluminum parts but trying to keep the bowties black might be difficult. Any way, I thought I'd ask if anyone had a trick to it.

It's been a really warm October this year. I did get a chance to get my 210 out for its maiden voyage this weekend. Now its time to work out some fine details.

 

[chevman57]

Can`t believe no one has given any tips on this. I`ll bump it up.
Terry

 

[G.R.]

I used Mothers aluminum polish applied by hand with a microfiber cloth, then polished off with another microfiber cloth... any residue polish left in the bowties was easily removed with an application of Meguiars Detail spray, applied then polished off.

A couple warnings though...if you want to get the pieces real shiny ie new looking hand polishing won't cut it and if you go to a buffing wheel or polisher there is a good chance you will remove the black in the bowties. I didn't like the finish on mine, wanted it shinier, so I removed it once again and used a small polisher on mine and most of the black disappeared...ended up removing the rest of the black...then really didn't like that look so I broke down and bought new repops from one of the suppliers...forewarned:smile:

Also even hand hand polishing MIGHT remove some of the black....I think it depends on the cars trim and the condition of the trim...a friend did his by hand, center section looked great but on both side trim pieces some of the black came off.

 

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Thanks for the feedback. The trim is a little dull so I'm just looking to refreshen it a little so I won't try to make it look new. I'll probably just rub the side pieces by hand with the polish you suggest and save my money for new speedo and speaker bezels because I know those 2 pieces add up.

Thanks again. Its still summer time here but with the leaf change coming it's time to do some driving.

 

[Hafrod]

G.R. is correct. It depends on how thin the black is on the bow ties. I tape off the bowtie area along the raised edge. I really rub hard with the mothers on a microfiber rag on the raised edge for the top and bottom. After doing that 2 or 3 times, I remove the tape and lightly rub the center with Mothers on a microfiber cloth. With the raised edges highly polished it gives the illusion of new parts.