My experience with metallic and even plain vinyl stripes that go bad is that
you cannot condidion them back to life.
I have tried many different approaches and once the finish is gone, it's a
done deal.
The best thing I ever found for a temporary dress up was good old fashioned
Pledge and lots of it. but it was short lived.

Now, they may ahve come out with something new in recent years.


"Spike" > wrote in message
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| Unless they make 'em outta totally different stuff today, I'd pick a
| small area that's less noticeable and try one of the means already
| recommended like ultra fine rubbing compound (even toothpaste) to
| remove the oxidation and then some vinyl polish to put a protective
| coat on. If it works in the small area... go for the gusto.
|
| On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:31:31 GMT, "Adrian Gruber" >
| wrote:
|
| >I went to my local Ford Dealer yesterday to see if there are any products
| >available to bring the stripe back to life.
| >The parts manager told me the stripe on the hood is a genuine Ford part
but
| >it can't be restored due to the mettalic nature of the stripe. All I
could
| >do is peel it off and put a new one on. (Not Deirable) The other option
he
| >suggestet was to go to a body shop and have them gently sand it with
| >microfine sand paper then clear coat it.
| >
|
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