Removing Scratches From Stainless Steel

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Malachi71

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I have stainless steel, mirror finish, nerf bars on my truck. I used 2000 grit and wet sanded them to remove the grittiness they've accumulated over the last year from road elements and debris.



Prior to using sandpaper, I tried Never-Dull (did nothing), fine steel wool (did nothing), then 3M rubbing compound (did nothing). The grittiness was still there. Finally, I wet sanded the nerf bars and that took the grittiness away but now I am left with a smooth surface with a lot of fine scratches and the finish is dull. What can I use to get the scratches out and restore the nerf bars to the original mirror finish?
 
HD sells SS polish that may work. You will need a very high speed rotary (typically they have buffing wheels for drill but I dont think they spin fast enough). I just bought some for my polished SS exhaust (Mufflers and tips as the mufflers can be seen from the rear of my car).



I am going to give it a whirl soon ans see how it works!
 
I came across a bar of rouge for stainless recently, this would most likely need to be applied via felt polishing wheel and drill. I'll post if I can relocate where I saw it . It might have been Eastwood Co.
 
Bill D said:
I came across a bar of rouge for stainless recently, this would most likely need to be applied via felt polishing wheel and drill. I'll post if I can relocate where I saw it . It might have been Eastwood Co.
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Eastwood def has it I'm sure and I found basically the same stuff at HD. At HD, it comes in a blue tube. I found it in the POWER TOOLS aisle (cubby). Same place they sell the PC's rotaries etc.



I will take before and afters. The mufflers are in pretty good shape so I wouldn't expect a major transformation, but the more I can get it to shine the better! I want it to be like a mirror!
 
Diesel1 said:
Eastwood def has it I'm sure and I found basically the same stuff at HD. At HD, it comes in a blue tube. I found it in the POWER TOOLS aisle (cubby). Same place they sell the PC's rotaries etc.



I will take before and afters. The mufflers are in pretty good shape so I wouldn't expect a major transformation, but the more I can get it to shine the better! I want it to be like a mirror!
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Yeah, I have stuff like that too but the one I saw was strictly for stainless. I'm not sure if my HD has that kind.
 
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