Is the stainless steel trim on my 1962 Starfire chrome plated? I'm polishing the stainless trim on and around the trunk lid and when polishing the same piece I get a beautiful shine on part of the piece and a scale looking/dull looking shine on the same piece right next to the shiny part. Very frustrating.
Dennis

 

The stainless trim on my 64 Vista was “flash chromed” A cheap way to put a shiny finish on the trim.
I took my trim to a chrome shop and they removed the finish so I was able to remove dents and then
polish the stainless with a buffing wheel. It wasn’t very expensive for them to remove the finish and I had a
lot of trim.
Ron