bossy122
Thanks to more clever engineering, I have to go back and trim this crap to fit.....WHY?!

Tom Sanders
I have found that the fingernail files and buffers from Tropical Shine can be very effective in transforming a bland white metal (Zymac?) component to a chrome-like shine (if required). 180 grit to prep the surfaces and remove some flashing (black), then 220/320 grit (blue), then the "quad" to polish the surface (blue/pink/white/gray). I then will use Mothers Aluminum polish on my Fordom with a buffing wheel. I then finish by cleaning the residues with Nevr-Dull then spraying with alcohol and wipe clean. Now the parts may be buffed to whatever degree finish your application requires. I recommend coating with a clear lacquer to maintain the shine. The Tropical Shine buffers can be washed and dried for further use but to degrade over multiple uses. I cut these to fit narrow locations using heavy duty shears.

Note that the Tropical Shine buffers can be used in the same sequence to polish wood and even clear plastic. I use a similar process to create polished Plexiglas canopy plugs for Allyn P-51 Chrome desk models. This can be helpful when someone is restoring and old plastic model with vintage "glue smears" on the clear part surfaces. You can see a polished canopy "plug" by googling SANDMAN OVERHAUL and linking on Images.