Scratches on brushed metal

[mhkbenson]

Scratches on brushed metal



Any suggestion on reducing the scratches on brushed metal inlay on door thresholds?







Sent from my SM-G960U using Autogeekonline mobile app

[Mike Phillips]

Hmmm..... I've answered this question a LOT I my life. So much so that I wrote an article for it back in July of 2005. Here's the link,


What it means to remove a scratch out of anything...



Then after coming to Autogeek from Meguiar's I re-wrote it, I guess you could say I plagerized myself, so I could have the same info her on AGO



From 2016


What it means to remove a scratch out of anything...



Some materials and/or surface coatings don't lend themselves well to being abraded with the end-result looking good or looking like the original appearance -Mike Phillips


I list examples of things people want to remove scratches out of in both articles, here's the list,

Note the items I made BOLD

* Glass?
* Clear plastics like a headlight lens, radio face plate, dash gages, display screens?
* Chrome, like a chrome wheel?
* Paint?
* Interior plastics like a plastic door sill or plastic around the console?
* Stainless steel, like a stainless steel door sill?
* Aluminum?
* Rubber?
* Pebble textured plastic like trim components?
* Leather - leather seats, leather dashes, leather consoles etc.



So yeah.... been answering this question for a long time. Here's the deal, the metal in your car's door sills looks like stainless steel. Eve if it's not, all metals are hard. Trying to find a way to abrade METAL surrounded by what looks like plastic is going to take,

1. The right tool.
2. The right pad.
3. The right product.

And seriously - for scratches that bad you would start out SANDING to level the surface and then KNOWING what you finished sanding with - you would know the DEPTH of the sanding marks and then that would make it easier to get the above three things to work.


If you don't like they way they look you have these options,

Replace the door sills. See if the dealership will do it.
Replace the car.


Then moving forward, pick up your feet when getting in and out of the car or the problem will simply come back.


Don't know if that helps, it was a lot of detailed typing though.

[mhkbenson]

Appreciate the response. This forum has helped me on several projects. Thanks

Sent from my SM-G960U using Autogeekonline mobile app

[Mike Phillips]

Appreciate the response.

This forum has helped me on several projects.

Thanks

Your very welcome. I saw no one had replied. I've been in the garage packing for an upcoming class in Indiana, so I took a break to share what I know.

Sometimes It's no fun knowing what I know and then sharing it.