Silver trim

[KernowPete]

Yeah I know its been done to death but is there any latest thinking on the milky discolouration on the silver window surrounds? Has anybody successfully restored theirs? Mine bug me every time I look at them.

[P_G]

Autoglym super resin polish.

[KernowPete]

Thanks P_G but I tried that and it made bugger all difference. Or maybe I just didn't apply enough elbow grease??

[P_G]

Blimey, they must be bad then.

[KernowPete]

Blimey, they must be bad then.

Possibly, but I'll give it another go and see if I can make it work second time around.

[andre3k]

I had an isssue with something else but decided to throw the qurestion at a pro:

Hi Dre, I hope you're well. Yup, the performace of the nano-sealant is something we get a few enquiries about especially as it were after application. The problem is the contact surface, which should remain as near to water - nano-sealant application as is humanly possible. Unfortunately, as the windscreen sees daily use a layer of grime tends to build up between this 'ideal' contact layer and as a consequence the performance drops off. Not to worry though the foundation is perfectly solid and simply needs to be restored by removing the accumulated layer of grime. It's been a good 3 or 4 weeks since the cold-weather treatment, so given you haven't 'maintained' the car it sounds like this maybe the problem. Feel free to swing by and we can sort that for you; alternatively, give it a clean and wipe down with the IPA we gave you and all should be fine.

Pertaining to your friend and the trim problems, ideally we'd like to see it to understand what's going on as we didn't encounter anything like that with your car nor have we on other Audis. Having said that it was only in for a winter-prep treatment so the aesthetics were somewhat secondary. Still, I'll have a chat with Profaci when he gets back from hols as he worked on your car.

The SRP though I'm struggling with...there's nothing inherenet in SRP that would lead me to believe it would be useful in this instance. If it is what I think it is then this milking is probably a result of acids used to prepare trim for dressing or more
likely as part of an ill-advised wash routine. In my experience a chemical action cleaner would be best like the Klasse or Werkstatt products (prob Wekstatt as it's easier to get your hands on); an abrasive polish would likely do more harm than good. SRP has resins with no real chemical action about it, includes abrasives (although very minor) and has a high filler content. None of which are characteristics I'd naturally think would assist. That being said sometimes it's all a bit like cooking where stuff is put together which makes no sense but still tastes delicious

If he/she is in the area tell them to come by the workshop so we can take a look; I'm quite intrigued. Otherwise, if they want to have a go themselves tell them to try an application of Prime on its own or Prime worked in with light-cut pad if the former doesn't yield the result.

All the best for Xmas

Kind regards,
Lanré.
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