Re: IML: steering wheel lustre

["Chris Strohmeyer" <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thx Kenyon and everyone,
I have motorcycle windshield polish, I'll give that a whirl. My Imperial 
Convertible has replaced my motorcycle anyway , so it works out.
Chris Strohmeyer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: IML: steering wheel lustre


> All plastic can be polished.  There are products
> formulated for this - motorcycle people have helmets
> and windscreens to do, so that's a good avenue if you
> want a fancy product for this that might work fast,
> but I'm cheap and of the various things that I've
> tried, white toothpaste just works best for me.
>
> This is sometimes tedious work, as the abrasives are
> very fine and are not fast acting like many things in
> our modern lives.  Pick a small area, put some on a
> soft rag and go at it.  Keep in mind that the paste is
> merely a carrier for the abrasives that are suspended
> in it, and you'll run out of abrasives before your
> polishing area goes dry, so keep the paste flowing
> more freely than common sense would initially tell you
> would be my advice.
>
> I strongly encourage you to remove the wheel for
> polishing and ergonomic concerns.  Doing so will allow
> you to absentmindedly polish away while watching TV.
> The TV turns a 2 hour polishing session into something
> that doesn't seem like 2 hours, and you can pick it up
> and set it down to rest your thumb muscles too...
>
> This process also works wonders on tail lamps,
> returning the most used part to a brilliant,
> scratch-free shine that can easily be billed as NOS if
> you didn't know better.
>
> -K
>
> --- Chris Strohmeyer <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Is there something to restore the lustre on my 67
> > Imperial's steering
> > wheel/? I cleaned it and now it looks dull.
> > Thx,
> > Chris Strohmeyer
> > 67 Imperial Convertible
> >
> >
> >
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