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Originally Posted by helmerrock

One of my winter projects is to polish the trim from my 67 GTO. I've done some trim polishing years ago using a small bench grinder. I am planning on buying a polishing motor with longer shafts than the small bench grinder. I'm undecided if I should get 8 inch or 6 inch. Is it easier to polish with a larger wheel? As most of us that have tried to polish trim, I have learned about the hazards of wheel grabbing part causing flying trim, bent parts, and sliced fingers. Is a larger wheel less hazardous? Any experience and advice appreciated.

Steve

One of my spare bedrooms is dedicated to a refurbished parts area.

As part of my ground up resto, I have shined up 75% of the stainless trim, the other 25% I’ll have to buy new. I found that no machine could do as well as “by hand” because hand work seems to get the sanding media in all the small areas a machine can’t reach. This work takes “HOURS” for a small section but it’s good beer drinking work. For most of the trim I started with a 100 grit (depending how bad) and gradually worked my way up to a 2000 grit. Lastly I would work the piece with a 3M polishing compound.