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Re: [Tigers] Cleaning Tiger Brightwork

To: Gary <garywinblad@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Cleaning Tiger Brightwork
From: michael king via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:49:28 +0800
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The original factory metal clips (rivets) held the trim much closer to the
body than the modern plastic ones.
If you have the modern plastic ones there is normally a bit of a gap and
Terrys suggestion of using something behind the trim as a shield is a good
idea. something like a thin acetate sheet slid behind and then taped in
place would work fine that way you can use a metal polish or jeweler's
rouge to brighten the trim without getting it on the paint.

The more difficult one in some ways is polishing the paint up to the edge
of the side trim with the same intensity as you can with the more open
areas of the body.. the small 1inch polishers are ok for that.. but a PITA.
I had considered sticking my side trims on with body tape, but figured if i
did it would always be hard to polsih the paint properly up to the edge.







On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 10:18, Gary <garywinblad@comcast.net> wrote:

> Terry,
> They do just push in and pull straight out.  Original clips seemed to work
> better and easier.
> You need to be real careful not to chip the paint though.
> Sliding a business card or something behind it and leaving it while
> polishing might be safer.
> Show cars get polished before assembly and then sit in the garage and
> never get dirty much
> less need polishing!
> Gary
>
>

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Regards

Michael King

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The original factory metal clips (rivets) held the tr=
im much closer to the body than the modern plastic ones.=C2=A0</div><div>If=
 you have the modern plastic ones there is normally a bit of a gap and Terr=
ys suggestion of using something=C2=A0behind the trim as a shield is a good=
 idea. something like a thin acetate sheet slid behind and then taped in pl=
ace would work fine that way you can use a metal polish or jeweler&#39;s ro=
uge to brighten the trim without getting it on the paint.</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>The more difficult one in some ways is polishing the paint up to th=
e edge of the side trim with the same intensity=C2=A0as you can with the mo=
re open areas of the body.. the small 1inch polishers are ok for that.. but=
 a PITA.</div><div>I had considered sticking my side trims on with body tap=
e, but figured if i did it would always be hard to polsih the paint properl=
y=C2=A0up to the edge.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></di=
v><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 10:18, Gary=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:garywinblad@comcast.net";>garywinblad@comcast.net</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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  <div>
    Terry,<br>
    They do just push in and pull straight out.=C2=A0 Original clips seemed
    to work better and easier.<br>
    You need to be real careful not to chip the paint though.<br>
    Sliding a business card or something behind it and leaving it while
    polishing might be safer.<br>
    Show cars get polished before assembly and then sit in the garage
    and never get dirty much<br>
    less need polishing!<br>
    Gary<br>
    <br></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"=
 class=3D"gmail_signature">Regards<br><br>Michael King</div></div>

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