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How to polish the trim? and other fascinating exterior trim questions. 120-130

posted by  Patrick of Mtl on  Thu Apr 28 12:33 CST 2005
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Time to put the wagon back together after the paint. As I looked at my trim it seems rattier than I remember. Who has tips on what to use on the SS and what to use on the (?) alloy (?).
Also, a bunch of the side strips were held on using white plastic clips instead of the twisted wire clips I'm used to on these cars. Is this the PO's gerry rig or did Volvo switch to something better after awhile? This is my youngest 120 ever so I get a little confused with all the new fangled stuff. I never liked the connection that the wire clips made, anyone have a brand name/ part # of something that works better?
Thanks as always for any tips/hints.
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Patrick, '68 220, '83 245, '92 Eurovan (work truck).








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    How to polish the trim? and other fascinating exterior trim questions. 120-130

    posted by  someone claiming to be oldmann6 on  Thu Apr 28 17:55 CST 2005 [RELATED]

    Patrick,
    I do not have any secrets for trim restoration,however, I do have an individual that is a true craftsman at metal restoration. He did all the trim on my 67 122S and it is better than new. If you are interested, I can send you his number.

    As for the clips, there are a bunch of the metal ones for sale on ebay.
    Regards,
    Allen








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      How to polish the trim? and other fascinating exterior trim questions. 120-130

      posted by  sberry on  Fri Apr 29 02:01 CST 2005
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      I bought a pack of the clips off of Ebay. They are identical to the stock clips.

      I recently refurbished the spears on my 1800. I had lots of grocery cart dents, some pretty bad. I used a tiny flat punch and a small hammer with a piece of wood.Very light taps. Once I had the dents roughly popped out I used a light metal file to bring the surface true and followed up with increasingly fain grits of sandpaper. Took about 3 hours to do all six sections. Be careful with pressure or you might tear the steel. Still need to go through steel wool and a polish.

      It turned out better than I thought it saved a couple hundred $ I might have spent for replacement spears.

      steve








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        How to polish the trim? and other fascinating exterior trim questions. 120-130

        posted by  someone claiming to be ikiller on  Fri Apr 29 06:18 CST 2005 [RELATED]

        When taking out the dents with a punch and hammer it helps to use a black marker to serve as a guide. Color the area that you are looking at and then lightly use a fine flat file to reveal the highspots. This is the technique I learned from a book called "How to Restore Metal Auto Trim" which I bought at the local Borders and it worked very well. I bought a set of junkyard hubcaps, fixed them up, and now they look great. Saved lots of money.








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    How to polish the trim? and other fascinating exterior trim questions. 120-130

    posted by  chakra on  Thu Apr 28 13:19 CST 2005
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    The stainless is pretty easy to polish. You can use a good polishing paste to clean it up. If it is very bad you can hit it very lightly with 0000 steel wool first, then move to increasingly fine polishing material.

    I have never seen a 122 or an 1800 with any other kind of clip than the wire thingy. I have often thought that a more modern plastic type would be a good upgrade. The fenders tend to get a bit rusty around the holes those clips fit in and I think plastic would prevent it.

    I don't know what part would work, but this place has just about any kind of fastener imaginable: http://www.restorationspecialties.com







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